Broc (Maine-et-Loire)

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Broc
Broc (France)
Broc
local community Noyant Villages
region Pays de la Loire
Department Maine-et-Loire
Arrondissement Saumur
Coordinates 47 ° 35 '  N , 0 ° 10'  E Coordinates: 47 ° 35 '  N , 0 ° 10'  E
Post Code 49490
Former INSEE code 49052
Incorporation 15th December 2016
status Commune déléguée

Broc is a town and commune Déléguée in the French commune of Noyant-Villages with 329 inhabitants (at January 1, 2017) in the department of Maine-et-Loire in the region of Pays de la Loire . The inhabitants are called Brocois .

Broc was founded on December 15, 2016 with 13 other municipalities, namely Auverse , Breil , 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

Broc is located about 55 kilometers east-northeast of Angers in the Baugeois landscape .

Population development

year 1962 1968 1975 1982 1990 1999 2006 2013
Residents 531 503 425 402 331 315 332 313
Sources: Cassini and INSEE

Attractions

  • Chantepierre dolmen, historique monument since 1983
  • Dolmen Pierre couverte de la Planche , Monument historique since 1983
  • Notre-Dame church from the 13th century, monument historique since 1926, with attached priory
  • Saint-Lambert chapel from the 17th century
  • La Godefrière Castle from the 17th / 18th centuries century
  • Meaulne Castle from the 17th / 18th centuries century
  • La Touche castle ruins from the 15th / 16th centuries century
  • Lizardière mansion from the 15th / 16th centuries Century, since 1996 Monument historique

  • Dolmen Chantepierre

  • Pierre couverte de la Planche

  • Notre-Dame church

  • Priory

literature

  • Le Patrimoine des Communes de Maine-et-Loire . Flohic Editions, Volume 2, Paris 2001, ISBN 2-84234-117-1 , pp. 907-909.

Web links

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