Drain (Maine-et-Loire)
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| local community | Orée d'Anjou | |
| region | Pays de la Loire | |
| Department | Maine-et-Loire | |
| Arrondissement | Cholet | |
| 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 |
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| Residents | 1,167 | 1,207 | 1,322 | 1,473 | 1,633 | 1,668 | 1,687 | 2,059 |
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Attractions
- Menhir Pierre-du-Diable (Devil's Stone)
- Remains of a Gallo-Roman bathing complex from the 4th century
Personalities
- Anthony Ravard (* 1983), cyclist, lives in Drain
literature
- Le Patrimoine des Communes de Maine-et-Loire . Flohic Editions, Volume 1, Paris 2001, ISBN 2-84234-117-1 , pp. 398-402.
