Chartrené
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| local community | Baugé-en-Anjou | |
| region | Pays de la Loire | |
| Department | Maine-et-Loire | |
| Arrondissement | Saumur | |
| Coordinates | 47 ° 30 ′ N , 0 ° 8 ′ W | |
| Post Code | 49150 | |
| Former INSEE code | 49079 | |
| Incorporation | January 1, 2016 | |
| status | Commune déléguée | |
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Chartrené is a town and commune Déléguée in the French commune of Baugé-en-Anjou with 61 inhabitants (at January 1, 2017) in the department of Maine-et-Loire in the region of Pays de la Loire .
geography
Chartrené is in the Baugeois countryside .
history
The history of Chartrené can be traced back to the 6th century when this square was called Quaterniacus . The local historians assume that a country house stood here in Roman times. In the 7th century the first construction of the church of St Maurice was built after the bishop of Angers , St Magnobodus (also St Mainboeuf ) visited the site of a miracle. In the 11th century the name Catriniaco appears for Chartrené .
With effect from January 1, 2016, the municipalities of Bocé , Chartrené , Cheviré-le-Rouge , Clefs-Val-d'Anjou , Cuon , Échemiré , Fougeré , Le Guédeniau and Saint-Quentin-lès-Beaurepaire became part of the existing Commune nouvelle Baugé-en-Anjou integrated. The municipality of Chartrené belonged to the Arrondissement of Saumur and the canton of Beaufort-en-Vallée (until 2015: Canton Baugé-en-Anjou ).
Attractions
The current single-nave construction of the St-Maurice church dates back to the 12th century. It has retained its Romanesque style.
The small town has two other buildings classified as cultural monuments: the castle from the 14th to 17th centuries and the presbytery from the 13th century.
Three water mills and a windmill are distributed over the district.
Leisure and Tourism
Chartrené also has a facility for the area's traditional boules game , the Boule de fort .
literature
- Le Patrimoine des Communes de Maine-et-Loire . Flohic Editions, Volume 1, Paris 2001, ISBN 2-84234-117-1 , pp. 231-234.
