Gennes-Val-de-Loire

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Gennes-Val-de-Loire
Gennes-Val-de-Loire (France)
Gennes-Val-de-Loire
region Pays de la Loire
Department Maine-et-Loire
Arrondissement Saumur
Canton Doué-la-Fontaine
Longué-Jumelles
Community association Saumur Val de Loire
Coordinates 47 ° 21 ′  N , 0 ° 13 ′  W Coordinates: 47 ° 21 ′  N , 0 ° 13 ′  W
height 17-100 m
surface 144.94 km 2
Residents 8,724 (January 1, 2017)
Population density 60 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code 49160, 49320, 49350
INSEE code 49261

Gennes-Val-de-Loire (2016-2017: Gennes-Val de Loire ) is a French municipality with 8724 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 Doué-la-Fontaine (the localities of Les Rosiers-sur-Loire and Saint-Martin-de-la-Place belong to the canton of Longué-Jumelles ).

Gennes-Val-de-Loire was formed as a commune nouvelle on January 1, 2016 from the municipalities of Chênehutte-Trèves-Cunault , Gennes , Grézillé , Saint-Georges-des-Sept-Voies and Le Thoureil . The administrative headquarters were initially in Gennes.

On January 1, 2018, Les Rosiers-sur-Loire and Saint-Martin-de-la-Place were incorporated. The administrative headquarters then moved to Les Rosiers-sur-Loire.

geography

Gennes-Val-de-Loire is located about 25 kilometers east-southeast of the city center of Angers on the Loire . Gennes-Val-de-Loire is surrounded by the neighboring communities of La Ménitré in the north, Beaufort-en-Anjou in the north and northeast, Longué-Jumelles and Saint-Clément-des-Levées in the east and northeast, Vivy in the east and southeast, and Saumur in the south and south-east, Verrie , Dénezé-sous-Doué and Louresse-Rochemenier in the south, Tuffalun in the south-west and Brissac Loire Aubance in the west.

structure

District former
INSEE code 		Area (km²) Population (2017)
Chênehutte-Trèves-Cunault 49094 27.61 1,042
Gennes (administrative headquarters 2016/2017) 49149 32.52 2,401
Grézillé 49154 17.62 .0646
Saint-Georges-des-Sept-Voies 49279 15.22 .0720
Le Thoureil 49346 11.02 .0452
Les Rosiers-sur-Loire (administrative headquarters since 2018) 49261 26.11 2,309
Saint-Martin-de-la-Place 49304 14.84 1,154

Attractions

Chênehutte-Trèves-Cunault

Attractions in Chênehutte

  • Church "Notre Dame des Tuffeaux" (Romanesque, 11th / 12th century; enlarged in the 19th century)
  • Ruins of St-Pierre Church (10th century)
  • Le Manoir de Grissay, manor house, actually a chapel from the 13th century
  • Foundation walls of a Roman temple ("Temples du Villiers")

Attractions in Trèves

  • St-Aubin with donjon in Trèves

  • St-Aubin, interior view

  • St-Aubin, funerary monument of Robert le Mascon

  • St-Mace priory church (12th century)
  • Tower of Treves ( "Donjon", 15th century), of le Robert mascon erbauter keep a demolished in the 18th century castle, traces its origins to the 11th century.
  • Church St-Aubin (. 11-12 century; with porphyry - baptismal font of the 12th century and grave of Robert le mascon)
  • Hermitage St-Jean (12th century)

Attractions in Cunault

  • Former abbey church " Notre-Dame de Cunault " (built from 1100, Romanesque; 233 richly designed capitals, etc.)
  • Ruins of the Church of St. Maxentiolus (12th century; demolished after a storm in 1754)
  • Logis du Prieur (built in 1510; hardly changed renaissance building)
  • Castle (rebuilt in the 19th century from the remains of the building of the 16th century limited authority priory; neo-Gothic )

  • Notre-Dame church

  • Cunant, Notre-Dame, Maxentiolus reliquary, detail

Gennes

  • Saint Eusèbe church on a hill above the town (12th century); 13th century bell tower
  • Saint Vétérin Church (12th century)
  • Loire Bridge, a suspension bridge , built in 1948
  • 4 dolmens and 2 menhirs
  • Gallo-Roman remains, etc. a. an amphitheater
  • 15th and 16th century houses
  • Castle of Milly-le-Meugon
  • Public lavoir from the 16th century

  • Gennes suspension bridge

  • Castle of Milly-le-Meugon

  • Euripe, Gallo-Roman amphitheater

  • Dolmen de la Pierre Folle near the place

Grézillé

  • Saint-Hilaire church
  • Pimpéan Castle, monument historique since 1959
  • Gasté mill, monument historique since 1999

  • Pimpéan Castle

  • Mill Gasté

Saint-Georges-des-Sept-Voies

  • Saint-Barnabé church, monument historique since 1958
  • Saint-Pierre-en-Vaux church, a historic monument since 1984
  • La Sansonière mansion, Monument historique

  • Saint-Barnabé church

  • La Sansonière mansion

Le Thoureil

  • numerous dolmens and menhirs
  • Saint-Genulf church, monument historique since 1905/1914
  • Saint-Gervais-et-Saint-Protais church in Bessé, monument historique since 1964
  • Saint-Maur de Glanfeuil Abbey , a historic monument since 1958/1979/1996

  • Saint-Genulf church

  • Saint-Maur Monastery

Les Rosiers-sur-Loire

  • Notre-Dame church from the 13th century with additions and conversions from the 15th, 16th and 19th centuries, bell tower from the 15th century, historic monument since 1971
  • La Bonne-Dame chapel (also: Chapel Le Patoil) from the 13th century
  • Saint-Nicolas chapel from the 15th century
  • Port de la Vallée , 15th century building, monument historique since 1954
  • Basses-Terres windmill, built around 1725, monument historique since 1984
  • Rectory from the 16th century, a historic monument since 1970
  • 17th century manor
  • Suspension bridge, built between 1839 and 1842
Bell tower of the Notre-Dame church

Saint-Martin-de-la-Place

  • Saint-Martin church, monument historique since 1957
  • La Madeleine de Boumois priory, a historic monument since 1964
  • Boumois Castle from the 15th / 16th centuries Century, since 1953 Monument historique
  • La Poupardière castle from the 16th century
Boumois Castle

Personalities

Community partnerships

A partnership has existed with the British community of Wincanton in Somerset (England) since 1974.

Web links

Commons : Gennes-Val-de-Loire  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ current population according to INSEE