Breil (Maine-et-Loire)

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Breil
Breil (France)
Breil
local community Noyant Villages
region Pays de la Loire
Department Maine-et-Loire
Arrondissement Saumur
Coordinates 47 ° 29 ′  N , 0 ° 9 ′  E Coordinates: 47 ° 29 ′  N , 0 ° 9 ′  E
Post Code 49490
Former INSEE code 49044
Incorporation 15th December 2016
status Commune déléguée

Breil is a town and commune Déléguée in the French commune of Noyant-Villages with 256 inhabitants (at January 1, 2017) in the department of Maine-et-Loire in the region of Pays de la Loire . The inhabitants are called Breillois .

Breil was founded on December 15, 2016 with 13 other municipalities, namely Auverse , Broc , Chalonnes-sous-le-Lude , Chavaignes , Chigné , Dénezé-sous-le-Lude , Genneteil , Lasse , Linières-Bouton , Meigné-le-Vicomte , Méon , Noyant and Parçay-les-Pins merged to form the new municipality of Noyant-Villages.

geography

Breil is located about 50 kilometers east of Angers in the Baugeois landscape . The place is on the Lathan .

Population development

year 1962 1968 1975 1982 1990 1999 2006 2013
Residents 524 459 414 308 289 309 274 277
Source: Cassini and INSEE

Attractions

  • Notre-Dame church from the 12th / 13th centuries century
  • Benedictine priory of Saint-Denis-Sainte-Geneviève from the 12th century
  • Lathan Castle from the 17th / 18th centuries Century, monument historique since 1999, with 50 hectare park
  • La Cigogné mansion from the 17th century
  • Jau watermill, monument historique since 1952

literature

  • Le Patrimoine des Communes de Maine-et-Loire . Flohic Editions, Volume 2, Paris 2001, ISBN 2-84234-117-1 , pp. 903-907.

Web links

Commons : Breil  - collection of images, videos and audio files