Les Cerqueux-sous-Passavant
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| local community | Lys-Haut-Layon | |
| region | Pays de la Loire | |
| Department | Maine-et-Loire | |
| Arrondissement | Cholet | |
| Coordinates | 47 ° 7 ′ N , 0 ° 28 ′ W | |
| Post Code | 49310 | |
| Former INSEE code | 49059 | |
| Incorporation | January 1, 2016 | |
| status | Commune déléguée | |
Les Cerqueux-sous-Passavant is a town and commune Déléguée in the French community Lys-Haut-Layon with 515 inhabitants (as of January 1 2017) in the department of Maine-et-Loire in the region of Pays de la Loire . The inhabitants are called Cerqueunais .
With effect from January 1, 2016, the communes of Les Cerqueux-sous-Passavant , La Fosse-de-Tigné , Nueil-sur-Layon , Tancoigné , Tigné , Trémont and Vihiers from the former Communauté de communes du Vihiersois-Haut-Layon were closed a Commune nouvelle with the name Lys-Haut-Layon merged. The municipality of Les Cerqueux-sous-Passavant belonged to the Arrondissement of Cholet and the canton of Cholet-2 (until 2015: canton Vihiers ).
geography
Les Cerqueux-sous-Passavant is located about 55 kilometers south-southeast of Angers on the Layon in the Mauges .
Population development
| 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 | 2013 |
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| 677 | 619 | 529 | 506 | 477 | 445 | 478 | 520 |
| Source: Cassini and INSEE | |||||||
Attractions
- Saint-Martin-de-Vertou church from the 12th century
- Brétignolle fortress from the 15th century with alterations from the 17th and 19th centuries
- Le Vivier mansion from the 17th / 18th centuries century
- Several mills
economy
The wines of the Coteaux-du-Layon appellations are mainly grown here in the Anjou wine-growing region .
literature
- Le Patrimoine des Communes de Maine-et-Loire . Flohic Editions, Volume 2, Paris 2001, ISBN 2-84234-117-1 , pp. 1318-1320.
