Le Thoureil

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Le Thoureil
Coat of arms of Le Thoureil
Le Thoureil (France)
Le Thoureil
local community Gennes-Val-de-Loire
region Pays de la Loire
Department Maine-et-Loire
Arrondissement Saumur
Coordinates 47 ° 22 ′  N , 0 ° 16 ′  W Coordinates: 47 ° 22 ′  N , 0 ° 16 ′  W
Post Code 49350
Former INSEE code 49346
Incorporation January 1, 2016
status Commune déléguée

Le Thoureil is a town and commune Déléguée in the French commune of Gennes-Val-de-Loire with 452 inhabitants (at January 1, 2017) in the department of Maine-et-Loire in the region of Pays de la Loire . The inhabitants are called Thoureillais .

With effect from January 1, 2016, the municipalities of Chênehutte-Trèves-Cunault , Gennes , Grézillé , Saint-Georges-des-Sept-Voies and Le Thoureil were merged into a nouvelle commune called Gennes-Val-de-Loire . The municipality of Le Thoureil belonged to the Arrondissement of Saumur and the canton of Doué-la-Fontaine (until 2015: canton of Gennes ).

Le Thoureil is located about 25 kilometers east-southeast of Angers on the Loire .

Population development

year 1962 1968 1975 1982 1990 1999 2008 2013
Residents 377 365 347 359 355 360 410 444
Source: Cassini and INSEE

Attractions

  • Numerous dolmens and menhirs
  • Saint-Genulf church, monument historique since 1905/1914
  • Saint-Gervais-et-Saint-Protais church in Bessé, monument historique since 1964
  • Saint-Maur de Glanfeuil Abbey , a historic monument since 1958/1979/1996

literature

  • Le Patrimoine des Communes de Maine-et-Loire . Flohic Editions, Volume 1, Paris 2001, ISBN 2-84234-117-1 , pp. 653-659.

Web links

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