La Possonnière
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| region | Pays de la Loire | |
| Department | Maine-et-Loire | |
| Arrondissement | Angers | |
| Canton | Chalonnes-sur-Loire | |
| Community association | Loire Layon Aubance | |
| Coordinates | 47 ° 23 ′ N , 0 ° 41 ′ W | |
| height | 12-67 m | |
| surface | 18.36 km 2 | |
| Residents | 2,437 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 133 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 49170 | |
| INSEE code | 49247 | |
| Website | http://www.la-possonniere.fr/ | |
La Possonnière is a French commune with 2,437 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 Angers and is part of the canton of Chalonnes-sur-Loire (until 2015: canton of Saint-Georges-sur-Loire ). The inhabitants are called possonnées .
geography
La Possonnière is located about 14 kilometers southwest of Angers on the Loire . La Possonnière is surrounded by the neighboring communities of Savennières in the north and east, Béhuard in the east, Rochefort-sur-Loire in the south and south-east, Chalonnes-sur-Loire in the south-west and Saint-Georges-sur-Loire in the west and north-west.
The place has a train station on the Tours – Saint-Nazaire railway line .
history
Population development
| year | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 | 2012 |
| Residents | 1,510 | 1,516 | 1,519 | 1,844 | 1,962 | 2.128 | 2,289 | 2,391 |
| Source: Cassini and INSEE | ||||||||
Attractions
See also: List of Monuments historiques in La Possonnière
- Saint-Jacques church
- La Roche Mill, built in the second half of the 17th century, has been a monument historique since 1977
- River port
- bridge
Viticulture
The place belongs to the Anjou wine region .
Personalities
- Adolphe Tabarant (1863–1950), journalist and art historian
literature
- Le Patrimoine des Communes de Maine-et-Loire . Flohic Editions, Volume 2, Paris 2001, ISBN 2-84234-117-1 , pp. 1084-1088.
