Le Fief-Sauvin
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| local community | Montrevault-sur-Èvre | |
| region | Pays de la Loire | |
| Department | Maine-et-Loire | |
| Arrondissement | Cholet | |
| Coordinates | 47 ° 13 ′ N , 1 ° 2 ′ W | |
| Post Code | 49600 | |
| Former INSEE code | 49137 | |
| Incorporation | December 15, 2015 | |
| status | Commune déléguée | |
Le Fief-Sauvin is a town and commune Déléguée in the French community Montrevault-sur-Èvre with 1,658 inhabitants (at January 1, 2017) in the department of Maine-et-Loire in the region of Pays de la Loire .
With effect from December 15, 2015, the municipalities of La Boissière-sur-Èvre , Chaudron-en-Mauges , La Chaussaire , Le Fief-Sauvin , Le Fuilet , Montrevault , Le Puiset-Doré , Saint-Pierre-Montlimart , Saint-Quentin -en-Mauges , Saint-Rémy-en-Mauges and La Salle-et-Chapelle-Aubry from the former Montrevault Communauté merged into a Commune nouvelle with the name Montrevault-sur-Èvre. The municipality of Le Fief-Sauvin belonged to the arrondissement of Cholet and the canton of Beaupréau (until 2015: canton of Montrevault ).
geography
Le Fief-Sauvin is located on the foothills of the Armorican massif on the river Èvre . The commune déléguée also includes the village of Villeneuve in addition to the core town .
Population development
| 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 | 2012 |
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| 1,536 | 1,581 | 1,504 | 1,596 | 1,507 | 1,455 | 1,487 | 1,688 |
| Source: Cassini and INSEE | |||||||
Attractions
- Menhir of Bréau, Monument historique
- Gallo-Roman oppidum, called Camp de César , dated to the first century BC, monument historique since 1988
- Notre-Dame church in Fief-Sauvin from the 15th century, new building in 1997
- Notre-Dame church in Villeneuve, built in 1876, destroyed by a tornado in 1978, rebuilt in 1981
literature
- Le Patrimoine des Communes de Maine-et-Loire . Flohic Editions, Volume 2, Paris 2001, ISBN 2-84234-117-1 , pp. 866-869.
