Le May-sur-Èvre

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Le May-sur-Èvre
Le May-sur-Èvre (France)
Le May-sur-Èvre
region Pays de la Loire
Department Maine-et-Loire
Arrondissement Cholet
Canton Saint-Macaire-en-Mauges
Community association Agglomération du Choletais
Coordinates 47 ° 15 ′  N , 0 ° 54 ′  W Coordinates: 47 ° 15 ′  N , 0 ° 54 ′  W
height 72–128 m
surface 31.85 km 2
Residents 3,805 (January 1, 2017)
Population density 119 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code 49122
INSEE code
Website http://www.lemaysurevre.com/

Center of Le May-sur-Èvre

Le May-sur-Èvre is a French commune with 3,805 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017). It is located in the department of Maine-et-Loire in Région Pays de la Loire . Le May-sur-Èvre belongs to the Arrondissement of Cholet and the canton of Saint-Macaire-en-Mauges (until 2015: canton of Beaupréau ). The inhabitants are called Maytais (es) .

geography

Le May-sur-Èvre is located about seven kilometers north of Cholet in the Mauges countryside on the river Èvre . Le May-sur-Èvre is surrounded by the neighboring communities of Beaupréau-en-Mauges in the north and north-east, Trémentines in the east, Cholet in the south, Saint-Léger-sous-Cholet in the south and south-west and Bégrolles-en-Mauges in the west.

history

The original name of the place was Ulmetum . This suggests that even before the invasion of other tribes at the time of the Great Migration, i. H. a (Gallo) Roman settlement already existed before the fifth century AD. It was not until 1881 that the place was given its current name.

Population development

year 1962 1968 1975 1982 1990 1999 2006 2011
Residents 3,091 3,383 3,551 3,806 3,914 3,891 3,790 3,992

Attractions

Saint-Michel church

Personalities

literature

  • Le Patrimoine des Communes de Maine-et-Loire . Flohic Editions, Volume 1, Paris 2001, ISBN 2-84234-117-1 , pp. 334-336.

Web links

Commons : Le May-sur-Èvre  - Collection of images, videos and audio files