Drain (Maine-et-Loire)

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Drain
Drain coat of arms
Drain (France)
Drain
local community Orée d'Anjou
region Pays de la Loire
Department Maine-et-Loire
Arrondissement Cholet
Coordinates 47 ° 17 ′  N , 1 ° 12 ′  W Coordinates: 47 ° 17 ′  N , 1 ° 12 ′  W
Post Code 49530
Former INSEE code 49126
Incorporation December 15, 2015
status Commune déléguée

Notre-Dame church

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Drain is a town and commune Déléguée in the French community Orée d'Anjou with 2,182 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 Drainois .

With effect from December 15, 2015, the municipalities of Bouzillé , Champtoceaux , Drain , Landemont , Liré , Saint-Christophe-la-Couperie , Saint-Laurent-des-Autels , Saint-Sauveur-de-Landemont and La Varenne were removed from the former Communauté de communes du Canton de Champtoceaux amalgamated into a Commune nouvelle with the name Orée d'Anjou. The municipality of Drain belonged to the arrondissement of Cholet and the canton of La Pommeraye (until 2015: canton of Champtoceaux ).

geography

Drain is located about 29 kilometers east-northeast of Nantes on the edge of the Mauges landscape on an arm of the Loire . The area belongs to the Anjou and Gros Plant du Pays Nantais wine-growing regions . The development of traffic takes place through the former Route nationale 751 (today's D751).

Population development

year 1962 1968 1975 1982 1990 1999 2006 2012
Residents 1,167 1,207 1,322 1,473 1,633 1,668 1,687 2,059
Source: Cassini and INSEE

Attractions

  • Menhir Pierre-du-Diable (Devil's Stone)
  • Remains of a Gallo-Roman bathing complex from the 4th century

Personalities

literature

  • Le Patrimoine des Communes de Maine-et-Loire . Flohic Editions, Volume 1, Paris 2001, ISBN 2-84234-117-1 , pp. 398-402.

Web links

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