Brézé (Maine-et-Loire)
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| local community | Bellevigne-les-Châteaux | |
| region | Pays de la Loire | |
| Department | Maine-et-Loire | |
| Arrondissement | Saumur | |
| Coordinates | 47 ° 10 ′ N , 0 ° 3 ′ W | |
| Post Code | 49260 | |
| Former INSEE code | 49046 | |
| Incorporation | 1st January 2019 | |
| status | Commune déléguée | |
| Website | http://www.mairie-breze.fr/ | |
 Town hall (Mairie) of Brézé |
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Breze is a town and commune Déléguée in the French community Bellevigne-les-Châteaux with 1,234 inhabitants (as of January 1 2017) in the department of Maine-et-Loire in the region of Pays de la Loire . The inhabitants are called Brézéens .
On January 1, 2019, the municipality of Brézé merged with Chacé and Saint-Cyr-en-Bourg to form the Commune nouvelle Bellevigne-les-Châteaux. Since then it has had the status of a Commune déléguée. The municipality of Brézé belonged to the Arrondissement of Saumur and the canton of Doué-la-Fontaine (until 2015: Canton of Montreuil-Bellay ).
location
Brézé is about 50 kilometers southeast of Angers . The municipality of Brézé was surrounded by the neighboring municipalities of Saint-Cyr-en-Bourg in the north, Fontevraud-l'Abbaye in the northeast, Épieds in the south and east, Montreuil-Bellay in the south and southwest, and Saint-Just-sur-Dive in the west as well Chacé to the west and northwest.
Population development
| year | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 | 2013 |
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| Residents | 848 | 841 | 877 | 1,207 | 1,379 | 1,299 | 1.317 | 1,289 |
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Attractions
See also: List of Monuments historiques in Bellevigne-les-Châteaux
- Saint-Vincent Church from 1903
- Saint-Gauthier chapel, rebuilt in 1447
- Brézé Ossuary
- Brézé Castle
- Meigné Castle, rebuilt in 1754
- Lançon Castle
- La Bouchardière castle ruins from the 14th century
- Grandfont Castle
- 15th century mansion of La Ripaille
Viticulture
The place belongs to the Anjou wine region .
Saint Vincent Church
Brézé Castle
literature
- Le Patrimoine des Communes de Maine-et-Loire . Flohic Editions, Volume 2, Paris 2001, ISBN 2-84234-117-1 , pp. 820-821.
