Cléré-sur-Layon

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Cléré-sur-Layon
Cléré-sur-Layon (France)
Cléré-sur-Layon
region Pays de la Loire
Department Maine-et-Loire
Arrondissement Cholet
Canton Cholet-2
Community association Agglomération du Choletais
Coordinates 47 ° 6 ′  N , 0 ° 25 ′  W Coordinates: 47 ° 6 ′  N , 0 ° 25 ′  W
height 67-116 m
surface 21.74 km 2
Residents 341 (January 1, 2017)
Population density 16 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code 49560
INSEE code 49102

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Cléré-sur-Layon is a French municipality with 341 inhabitants (as of January 1 2017) in the department of Maine-et-Loire in the region of Pays de la Loire . It belongs to the Arrondissement of Cholet and the Canton of Cholet-2 (until 2015: Canton Vihiers ). The inhabitants are called Cléréens .

geography

Cléré-sur-Layon is about 34 kilometers east-northeast of Cholet in the Mauges countryside . The Layon flows through the municipality . Cléré-sur-Layon is surrounded by the neighboring communities of Lys-Haut-Layon in the north, Passavant-sur-Layon in the east and northeast, Cersay in the east and southeast, Genneton in the south and Saint Maurice Étusson with Saint-Maurice-la-Fougereuse in the West and southwest.

Population development

year 1962 1968 1975 1982 1990 1999 2006 2013
Residents 481 494 441 438 408 351 333 348
Source: Cassini and INSEE

Attractions

  • 11th century Saint-Hilaire church
  • Saint-Francaire chapel from the 19th century
  • Saint-Pierre priory from the 12th century
  • Beaurepaire Castle from the 16th century
  • Les Landes castle from the 14th century
  • Brossay Castle from the 17th century
  • 18th century mansion Le Haute Condraie
  • 15th century Maumusson mansion

literature

  • Le Patrimoine des Communes de Maine-et-Loire . Flohic Editions, Volume 2, Paris 2001, ISBN 2-84234-117-1 , pp. 1320-1323.

Web links

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