Cléré-sur-Layon
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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 | |
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
Commons : Cléré-sur-Layon - Collection of images, videos and audio files
- Monuments historiques (objects) in Cléré-sur-Layon in the base Palissy of the French Ministry of Culture