Brissarthe
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| local community | Les Hauts d'Anjou | |
| region | Pays de la Loire | |
| Department | Maine-et-Loire | |
| Arrondissement | Segré | |
| Coordinates | 47 ° 42 ′ N , 0 ° 27 ′ W | |
| Post Code | 49330 | |
| Former INSEE code | 49051 | |
| Incorporation | 15th December 2016 | |
| status | Commune déléguée | |
Brissarthe is a village and a commune déléguée in the French commune of Les Hauts d'Anjou with 627 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017) in the canton of Tiercé (until 2015: canton of Châteauneuf-sur-Sarthe ) in the arrondissement of Segré in the Maine-et department -Loire and in the region of Pays de la Loire . The inhabitants are called Brissarthois .
geography
Brissarthe is 52 kilometers southeast of Le Mans and 28 kilometers north-northeast of Angers an der Sarthe .
history
Here came the battle of Brissarthe in 866 , in which the Franks finally withdrew against the rebellious Bretons when their leaders Robert the Brave and Ramnulf I of Poitou fell.
On December 15, 2016, the municipality of Brissarthe merged with Champigné , Contigné , Cherré , Marigné , Sœurdres and Querré to form the new municipality of Les Hauts d'Anjou.
Population development
| 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 | 2013 |
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| 645 | 621 | 519 | 514 | 521 | 528 | 599 | 621 |
| Source: Cassini and INSEE | |||||||
Attractions
- Notre-Dame church from the 11th century, a historic monument since 1965
- Manor house La Coutardière from the 15th / 16th centuries Century, since 2004 Monument historique
Notre-Dame church
La Coutardière mansion
Partnerships
There is a partnership with several districts of the German city of Heppenheim (Bergstrasse) in Hesse.
literature
- Le Patrimoine des Communes de Maine-et-Loire . Flohic Editions, Volume 1, Paris 2001, ISBN 2-84234-117-1 , pp. 427-428.
