Combrée

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Combrée
Combrée (France)
Combrée
local community Ombrée d'Anjou
region Pays de la Loire
Department Maine-et-Loire
Arrondissement Segré
Coordinates 47 ° 42 ′  N , 1 ° 2 ′  W Coordinates: 47 ° 42 ′  N , 1 ° 2 ′  W
Post Code 49520
Former INSEE code 49103
Incorporation 15th December 2016
status Commune déléguée
Website http://www.combree.fr/index.html

former town hall of Combrée

Combrée is a town and commune Déléguée in the French community Ombrée d'Anjou with 2,800 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 Combréens .

The municipality Combrée was on 15 December 2016, nine other communities, including La Chapelle-Hullin , Chazé-Henry , Grugé-l'Hôpital , Noëllet , Pouancé , La Prévière , Saint-Michel-et-Chanveaux , Le Tremblay and Vergonnes to the new municipality of Ombrée d'Anjou. The municipality belonged to the arrondissement Segré and the canton Segré (until 2015: canton Pouancé ).

geography

Combrée is located about 30 kilometers northwest of Angers and is bordered to the south by the Verzée river . The municipality of Combrée was surrounded by the neighboring municipalities of Grugé-l'Hôpital in the north and northwest, Bourg-l'Évêque in the north, Noyant-la-Gravoyère in the Osen, Le Bourg-d'Iré in the southeast, Le Tremblay in the south, Noëllet in the Southwest and Vergonnes in the west.

The former route nationale 775 (today's D775) leads through the area of ​​the former municipality .

Population development

year 1962 1968 1975 1982 1990 1999 2006 2012
Residents 3,031 2,975 2,644 2,570 2,560 2,410 2,590 2,816
Source: Cassini and INSEE

Attractions

  • Saint-Pierre church, mentioned in the 11th century, current building from the 17th century
  • Sainte-Famille Chapel
  • Le Plessis Castle
  • Private school Institution libre de Combrée, founded in 1810, closed in 2005, since 2007 partly used for young people through a reintegration measure

Personalities

literature

  • Le Patrimoine des Communes de Maine-et-Loire . Flohic Editions, Volume 2, Paris 2001, ISBN 2-84234-117-1 , pp. 1024-1027.

Web links

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