Chavagnes
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| local community | Terranjou | |
| region | Pays de la Loire | |
| Department | Maine-et-Loire | |
| Arrondissement | Angers | |
| Coordinates | 47 ° 16 ′ N , 0 ° 27 ′ W | |
| Post Code | 49380 | |
| Former INSEE code | 49086 | |
| Incorporation | January 1, 2017 | |
| status | Commune déléguée | |
Chavagnes (also: Chavagnes-les-Eaux ) is a town and commune Déléguée in the French community Terranjou with 1,294 inhabitants (as of January 1 2017) in the department of Maine-et-Loire in the region of Pays de la Loire . The inhabitants are called Chavagnais .
On January 1, 2017, the municipality of Chavagnes merged with Notre-Dame-d'Allençon and Martigné-Briand to form the new municipality of Terranjou. It belonged to the Arrondissement of Angers and the canton of Chemillé-Melay (until 2015: canton of Thouarcé ).
geography
Chavagnes is located about 23 kilometers south-southeast of Angers in the Anjou wine-growing region , specifically in the Coteaux-du-Layon region .
The municipality of Chavagnes was surrounded by the neighboring municipalities of Notre-Dame-d'Allençon in the north and northwest, Les Alleuds in the north and northeast, Luigné in the east, Martigne-Briand in the south and Thouarcé in the west.
Population development
| year | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 | 2013 |
| Residents | 787 | 792 | 713 | 702 | 695 | 777 | 910 | 1,247 |
| Source: Cassini and INSEE | ||||||||
Attractions
- Saint-Germain church from the 14th century, monument historique since 2006
- Mill
Viticulture
The place belongs to the Anjou wine region .
literature
- Le Patrimoine des Communes de Maine-et-Loire . Flohic Editions, Volume 2, Paris 2001, ISBN 2-84234-117-1 , p. 1275.
