Distré
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| region | Pays de la Loire | |
| Department | Maine-et-Loire | |
| Arrondissement | Saumur | |
| Canton | Saumur | |
| Community association | Saumur Val de Loire | |
| Coordinates | 47 ° 13 ' N , 0 ° 7' E | |
| height | 25-77 m | |
| surface | 14.72 km 2 | |
| Residents | 1,713 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 116 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 49400 | |
| INSEE code | 49123 | |
Distré is a French commune with 1,713 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 Saumur and the canton of Saumur (until 2015: canton of Saumur-Sud ). The inhabitants are called distréens .
geography
Distré is located about four kilometers southwest of the city center of Saumur in the Saumurois . Distré is surrounded by the neighboring communities of Rou-Marson in the north and north-west, Saumur in the north and north-east, Varrains in the north-east, Bellevigne-les-Châteaux with Chacé in the east and south-east, Artannes-sur-Thouet in the south and south-east, Le Coudray-Macquard in the south, Couchamps in the southwest and Les Ulmes in the west.
The former route nationale 147 (today's D347) runs through the municipality .
Population development
| year | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 | 2013 |
| Residents | 792 | 831 | 983 | 964 | 1,098 | 1,217 | 1,363 | 1,684 |
| Sources: Cassini and INSEE | ||||||||
Attractions
See also: List of Monuments historiques in Distré
- Dolmen La Vacherie , Monument historique since 1976
- Megaliths Le Bois de la Chenaise, Monument historique since 1975
- Saint-Julien church from the 11th / 12th centuries Century, since 1914 Monument historique
- Notre-Dame church in Chétigné, monument historique since 1963
- Pocé Castle
Viticulture
The place belongs to the Anjou wine region .
literature
- Le Patrimoine des Communes de Maine-et-Loire . Flohic Editions, Volume 2, Paris 2001, ISBN 2-84234-117-1 , pp. 1112-1118.
