Candé

Candé
region	Pays de la Loire
Department	Maine-et-Loire
Arrondissement	Segré
Canton	Segré
Community association	Anjou Bleu Community
Coordinates	47 ° 34 ′ N , 1 ° 2 ′ W Coordinates: 47 ° 34 ′ N , 1 ° 2 ′ W
height	32-67 m
surface	4.91 km 2
Residents	2,834 (January 1, 2017)
Population density	577 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code	49440
INSEE code	49054
Website	http://cande.4c-cande.fr/accueil.page
	; City Hall of Candé

Cande is a French municipality with 2834 inhabitants (as of January 1 2017) in Canton Segre (2015: Canton candé ) in Arrondissement Segré in the department of Maine-et-Loire and the region Pays de la Loire . The inhabitants are called Candéens .

geography

Panorama of Candé

Candé is about 37 kilometers west-northwest of Angers am Erdre . Candé is surrounded by the neighboring communities of Vallons-de-l'Erdre in the north and west, Angrie in the east and north-east and Val d'Erdre-Auxence in the east and south-east.

The former Routes nationales 23bis (today's D923), 163 (today's D963) and 770 (today's D770) lead through the municipality .

history

A hill fort was built as a strategically important place at the beginning of the 11th century. The place is mentioned for the first time as Condatum 1076. The place kept its special importance until the 18th century.

Population development

1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999	2006	2017
2355	2444	2664	2653	2542	2595	2721	2834

Attractions

Saint-Denis church

Menhirs
Saint-Denis church
Saint-Jean chapel
Priory of the Saint-Nicolas Abbey
Sainte-Catherine Abbey
Beaulieu Castle
La Saulaie Castle from the 14th century
Villeneuve Castle
Saulaie Mill
Wash house

Personalities

Jeanne Rij-Rousseau (1870–1956), painter

Community partnerships

A friendship has existed with the Freienhagen district of the Hessian town of Waldeck since 1965.

literature

Le Patrimoine des Communes de Maine-et-Loire . Flohic Editions, Volume 1, Paris 2001, ISBN 2-84234-117-1 , pp. 351-355.

Web links

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