Les Cerqueux
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region | Pays de la Loire | |
Department | Maine-et-Loire | |
Arrondissement | Cholet | |
Canton | Cholet-2 | |
Community association | Agglomération du Choletais | |
Coordinates | 47 ° 0 ′ N , 0 ° 38 ′ W | |
height | 139-186 m | |
surface | 13.82 km 2 | |
Residents | 873 (January 1, 2017) | |
Population density | 63 inhabitants / km 2 | |
Post Code | 49360 | |
INSEE code | 49058 | |
Website | http://www.lescerqueux.mairie49.fr/ | |
Rathaus (former town hall from the 16th century) |
Les Cerqueux is a French municipality with 873 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 Cholet and the Canton of Cholet-2 . The inhabitants are called Cerquois .
geography
Les Cerqueux is about 19 kilometers east-southeast of Cholet . The Ouère flows on the western edge of the municipality . Les Cerqueux is surrounded by the neighboring communities of Yzernay in the north and west, Somloire in the north and northeast, Saint Maurice Étusson with Étusson in the east, Nueil-sur-Argent in the east and Mauléon in the south.
Population development
1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 | 2012 |
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582 | 569 | 540 | 548 | 632 | 641 | 770 | 863 |
Source: Cassini and INSEE |
Attractions
- Menhir
- Saint-Jean-Baptiste church
- Notre-Dame de la Grande-Troche chapel from the 19th century
- several crossroads
- Daillon Castle from the 16th century
- Remains of the former water castle La Sévrie
- today's town hall
- numerous town houses from the 17th and 18th centuries
Community partnerships
There is a partnership with the Portuguese community of São João de Lourosa .
Personalities
- Dominique Blanchet (* 1966), Bishop of Belfort-Montbéliard (since 2015)
literature
- Le Patrimoine des Communes de Maine-et-Loire . Flohic Editions, Volume 1, Paris 2001, ISBN 2-84234-117-1 , pp. 485-486.
Web links
Commons : Les Cerqueux - Collection of images, videos and audio files
- Monuments historiques (objects) in Les Cerqueux in the base Palissy of the French Ministry of Culture