Concourson-sur-Layon
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| local community | Doué-en-Anjou | |
| region | Pays de la Loire | |
| Department | Maine-et-Loire | |
| Arrondissement | Saumur | |
| Coordinates | 47 ° 11 ′ N , 0 ° 20 ′ W | |
| Post Code | 49700 | |
| Former INSEE code | 49104 | |
| Incorporation | December 30, 2016 | |
| status | Commune déléguée | |
Concourson-sur-Layon is a village and a commune Déléguée in the French community Doue-en-Anjou with 561 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 concoursonnais .
The municipality of Concourson-sur-Layon became the new municipality of Doué-en-Anjou on December 30, 2016 with Brigné , Forges , Les Verchers-sur-Layon , Meigné , Montfort , Saint-Georges-sur-Layon and Doué-la-Fontaine united. It belonged to the arrondissement of Saumur and is part of the canton of Doué-la-Fontaine .
geography
Concourson-sur-Layon is located about 23 kilometers west-southwest of Saumur in the Saumurois landscape . Concourson-sur-Layon is located in the Anjou wine region .
The Layon flows through the area of the former municipality .
Population development
| year | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 | 2013 |
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| Residents | 621 | 619 | 516 | 489 | 532 | 546 | 544 | 560 |
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Viticulture
The place belongs to the Anjou wine region .
Attractions
- church
- Les Bleuces windmill
- Castle and domain of Les Rochettes
Personalities
- Régis de Trobriand (1816–1897), writer, general in the Union Army in the American Civil War
literature
- Le Patrimoine des Communes de Maine-et-Loire . Flohic Editions, Volume 1, Paris 2001, ISBN 2-84234-117-1 , p. 549.
