Les Cerqueux

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Les Cerqueux
Coat of arms of Les Cerqueux
Les Cerqueux (France)
Les Cerqueux
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 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
Website http://www.lescerqueux.mairie49.fr/

Rathaus (former town hall from the 16th century)

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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
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

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