Cornillé-les-Caves
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| 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 | |
| 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 | 49107 | |
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.
- Domain La Charpenterie, Monument historique , with the tower
Domain La Charpenterie
tower
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
Individual evidence
- ↑ https://fr.kompass.com/c/etablissements-l-tessier/fr1979825/ (French) Retrieved January 5, 2018
- ↑ http://www.angersloiretourisme.com/de/node/19487 Retrieved January 5, 2018