Huillé
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| local community | Huillé-Lézigné | |
| region | Pays de la Loire | |
| Department | Maine-et-Loire | |
| Arrondissement | Angers | |
| Coordinates | 47 ° 39 ′ N , 0 ° 18 ′ W | |
| Post Code | 49430 | |
| Former INSEE code | 49159 | |
| Incorporation | 1st January 2019 | |
| status | Commune déléguée | |
Huillé is a village and a former French community with 557 inhabitants (as of January 1 2017) in the department of Maine-et-Loire in the region of Pays de la Loire . It belonged to the Arrondissement of Angers and the Canton of Angers-6 (until 2015: Canton Durtal ). The inhabitants are called Huilléens .
With effect from January 1, 2019, the former municipalities of Huillé and Lézigné were merged to form Commune nouvelle Huillé-Lézigné , where they have the status of a Commune déléguée . The administrative headquarters are in Lézigné.
geography
Huillé is located about 24 kilometers northeast of Angers in the Baugeois on the Loir , which forms the southern municipal boundary, and in the Anjou wine-growing region . Huillé is surrounded by the neighboring communities of Morannes sur Sarthe-Daumeray in the north and northwest, Durtal in the north and east, Lézigné in the south and east, Seiches-sur-le-Loir in the southwest and Baracé in the west.
Population development
| year | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 | 2013 |
| Residents | 526 | 491 | 384 | 361 | 373 | 406 | 480 | 543 |
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Attractions
See also: List of Monuments historiques in Huillé-Lézigné
- St-Jean-Baptiste church from the 15th century, historique monument since 1980
- Former rectory
- Huillé castle from the 14th century, monument historique since 1975
- Le Plessis-Greffier Castle, originally from the 13th century with alterations and additions from the 17th century, has been a monument historique since 1969
Viticulture
The place belongs to the Anjou wine region .
literature
- Le Patrimoine des Communes de Maine-et-Loire . Flohic Editions, Volume 1, Paris 2001, ISBN 2-84234-117-1 , pp. 602-604.
