Les Bois d'Anjou

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Les Bois d'Anjou
Les Bois d'Anjou (France)
Les Bois d'Anjou
region Pays de la Loire
Department Maine-et-Loire
Arrondissement Saumur
Canton Beaufort-en-Vallée
Community association Baugeois Vallée
Coordinates 47 ° 29 ′  N , 0 ° 11 ′  W Coordinates: 47 ° 29 ′  N , 0 ° 11 ′  W
height 21-90 m
surface 60.22 km 2
Residents 2,653 (January 1, 2017)
Population density 44 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code 49250
INSEE code

Town hall (Mairie) of Les Bois d'Anjou (in Fontaine-Guérin)

Les Bois d'Anjou is a French commune with 2,653 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 Saumur (until 2017: Arrondissement Angers ) and the canton of Beaufort-en-Vallée .

Les Bois d'Anjou was formed on January 1, 2016 as a commune nouvelle from the municipalities of Brion , Fontaine-Guérin and Saint-Georges-du-Bois . The administrative headquarters were initially in Fontaine-Guérin.

geography

Les Bois d'Anjou is located about 24 kilometers east of Angers city ​​center in the Baugeois . Les Bois d'Anjou is surrounded by the neighboring communities of Sermaise in the north and north-west, Baugé-en-Anjou in the north and north-east, La Lande-Chasles in the east, Longué-Jumelles in the south and east, Beaufort-en-Anjou in the south and south-west as well as Mazé-Milon in the west.

structure

District former
INSEE code
Area (km²) Population (2017)
Brion 49049 28.29 1,205
Fontaine-Guérin (administrative headquarters) 49138 22.51 00991
Saint-Georges-du-Bois 49280 09.42 00457

Attractions

See also: List of Monuments historiques in Les Bois d'Anjou

Brion

  • Saint-Gervais-et-Saint-Protais church
  • Chavigné Castle
  • House La Cuche
  • House La Rosellière

Fontaine-Guérin

  • Dolmen
  • Saint-Martin-de-Vertou church from the 11th / 12th centuries century
  • La Tour du Pin castle, historic monument since 1926
  • Chape mansion, a historic monument since 1970

Saint-Georges-du-Bois

  • Saint-Georges church from the 12th / 13th centuries Century, Monument historique since 1963
  • Laveau castle from the 17th century, monument historique since 1984

Web links

Commons : Les Bois d'Anjou  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. French Statistics Institute ( www.insee.fr )