Les Verchers-sur-Layon
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| local community | Doué-en-Anjou | |
| region | Pays de la Loire | |
| Department | Maine-et-Loire | |
| Arrondissement | Saumur | |
| Coordinates | 47 ° 9 ′ N , 0 ° 18 ′ W | |
| Post Code | 49700 | |
| Former INSEE code | 49365 | |
| Incorporation | December 30, 2016 | |
| status | Commune déléguée | |
Les Verchers-sur-Layon is a village and a commune Déléguée in the French community Doue-en-Anjou with 859 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 Verchéens .
The municipality of Les Verchers-sur-Layon became the new municipality of Doué-en-Anjou on December 30, 2016 with Brigné , Concourson-sur-Layon , Forges , Meigné , Montfort , Saint-Georges-sur-Layon and Doué-la-Fontaine united. It belonged to the arrondissement of Saumur and is part of the canton of Doué-la-Fontaine .
geography
Les Verchers-sur-Layon is located about 20 kilometers southwest of Saumur in the Saumurois landscape . Les Verchers-sur-Layon is located in the Anjou wine region .
The Layon flows through the area of the former municipality . The municipality of Les Verchers-sur-Layon was surrounded by the neighboring municipalities of Doué-la-Fontaine in the north, Vaudelnay in the east, Le Puy-Notre-Dame in the southeast, Saint-Macaire-du-Bois in the south, and Lys-Haut-Layon in the West and south-west and Concourson-sur-Layon in the north-west.
Population development
| year | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 | 2013 |
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| Residents | 1,059 | 949 | 838 | 789 | 769 | 813 | 835 | 911 |
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Attractions
- Bellevue Palace from the 16th century
- Échuilly Castle, built in 1730, monument historique since 1992
- old Kommanderie, Monument historique since 2005
Viticulture
The place belongs to the Anjou wine region .
Personalities
- Pierre Matignon (1943–1987), racing cyclist
literature
- Le Patrimoine des Communes de Maine-et-Loire . Flohic Editions, Volume 1, Paris 2001, ISBN 2-84234-117-1 , pp. 580-583.
