Le Pin-en-Mauges
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| local community | Beaupréau-en-Mauges | |
| region | Pays de la Loire | |
| Department | Maine-et-Loire | |
| Arrondissement | Cholet | |
| Coordinates | 47 ° 15 ′ N , 0 ° 54 ′ W | |
| Post Code | 49110 | |
| Former INSEE code | 49239 | |
| Incorporation | December 15, 2015 | |
| status | Commune déléguée | |
Le Pin-en-Mauges is a village and a former French commune with 1,378 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 .
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.
location
Le Pin-en-Mauges is about 95 meters above sea level. d. M. in the landscape of the Mauges . The distance to Angers is approx. 42 kilometers (driving distance) in a northeasterly direction.
Population development
| year | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 |
| Residents | 852 | 964 | 1,093 | 1,134 | 1,214 | 1,246 |
At the first census in France in 1793, the place had 768 inhabitants.
economy
The surroundings of the place are mainly agricultural. But new jobs have also been created in a commercial area ( industrial zone ), which has led to a slight increase in population.
history
In the years 1793/94 the Vendée uprising took place in the area ; one of the leaders of the insurgents, Jacques Cathelineau , was born in Le Pin-en-Mauges.
Attractions
- The Saint-Pavin church, built in the neo-Romanesque or neo-Gothic style, dates from the 19th century. Inside it houses a few stained glass windows that deal with the subjects and people of the Vendée uprising, which was shaped by the Catholic and Royalists.
- A statue of Jacques Cathelineau, from the end of the 19th century, who was venerated by many as a hero of freedom - a few even as a saint ( Le Saint de l'Anjou ) - can be found in the town center. In his right hand he grasps a sword, the left is stretched up to the sky and holds a cross.
literature
- Le Patrimoine des Communes de Maine-et-Loire . Flohic Editions, Volume 1, Paris 2001, ISBN 2-84234-117-1 , pp. 336-340.
