Cornillé-les-Caves

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Cornillé-les-Caves
Cornillé-les-Caves (France)
Cornillé-les-Caves
region Pays de la Loire
Department Maine-et-Loire
Arrondissement Angers
Canton Angers-6
Community association Anjou Loir et Sarthe
Coordinates 47 ° 30 ′  N , 0 ° 18 ′  W Coordinates: 47 ° 30 ′  N , 0 ° 18 ′  W
height 19-80 m
surface 10.38 km 2
Residents 470 (January 1, 2017)
Population density 45 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code 49140
INSEE code

Cornillé-les-Caves is a French municipality with 470 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 Angers and the Canton of Angers-6 (until 2015: Canton Seiches-sur-le-Loir ). The inhabitants are called Cornillois .

geography

Cornillé-les-Caves is located about 22 kilometers east-northeast of Angers in the Baugeois landscape . Neighboring municipalities of Cornillé-les-Caves are Lué-en-Baugeois in the north and northeast, Mazé-Milon in the south and east, Loire-Authion in the west.

Population development

year 1962 1968 1975 1982 1990 1999 2006 2013 2015
Residents 372 406 397 491 469 438 428 464 485
Source: Cassini and INSEE

economy

The community is mainly agriculturally oriented. A major employer with over 250 employees is L. Tessier, which produces cheese from cow and goat milk.

Attractions

See also: List of Monuments historiques in Cornillé-les-Caves

There are former cave dwellings in the village, which is where its name ("cave" = cave) comes from. The caves are opened to visitors on request. In addition, beautiful villas can be visited.

literature

  • Le Patrimoine des Communes de Maine-et-Loire . Flohic Editions, Volume 2, Paris 2001, ISBN 2-84234-117-1 , pp. 1237-1238.

Web links

Commons : Cornillé-les-Caves  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. https://fr.kompass.com/c/etablissements-l-tessier/fr1979825/ (French) Retrieved January 5, 2018
  2. http://www.angersloiretourisme.com/de/node/19487 Retrieved January 5, 2018