Jallais
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| local community | Beaupréau-en-Mauges | |
| region | Pays de la Loire | |
| Department | Maine-et-Loire | |
| Arrondissement | Cholet | |
| Coordinates | 47 ° 12 ′ N , 0 ° 52 ′ W | |
| Post Code | 49510 | |
| Former INSEE code | 49162 | |
| Incorporation | December 15, 2015 | |
| status | Commune déléguée | |
 Notre-Dame church |
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Jallais is a village and a former French commune with 3,376 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 Cholet and the canton of Beaupréau . The inhabitants are called Jallaisiens .
With effect from December 15, 2015, the municipalities of Beaupréau , Andrezé , La Chapelle-du-Genêt , Gesté , Jallais , La Jubaudière , Le Pin-en-Mauges , La Poitevinière , Saint-Philbert-en-Mauges and Villedieu-la- Blouère merged from the former Communauté de communes du Center-Mauges to form a Commune nouvelle with the name Beaupréau-en-Mauges . The formerly independent municipalities have the status of a Commune déléguée in the new municipality . The administrative seat is in Beaupréau.
geography
Jallais is located about seven kilometers north of Cholet in the Mauges countryside on the Èvre river , into which the Montatais flows.
history
On 12./13. March 1793 took place here the battle of Jallais between the insurgent Vendée and the republican troops. The numerically superior insurgents were victorious.
Population development
| year | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 | 2012 |
| Residents | 2,803 | 2,918 | 2,977 | 3,095 | 3,207 | 3,153 | 3,167 | 3,242 |
Attractions
- Notre-Dame church
- Jallais Castle
- La Chaperonnière Castle
Personalities
- Jacques Cathelineau (1759–1793), leader of the Vendée insurgents
- Éric Girard (* 1964), basketball coach
- Valérie Garnier (* 1965), basketball coach (French national team)
literature
- Le Patrimoine des Communes de Maine-et-Loire . Flohic Editions, Volume 1, Paris 2001, ISBN 2-84234-117-1 , pp. 330-332.
