Loire Authion

Loire Authion
region	Pays de la Loire
Department	Maine-et-Loire
Arrondissement	Angers
Canton	Angers-7
Community association	Angers Loire metropolis
Coordinates	47 ° 25 ′ N , 0 ° 19 ′ W Coordinates: 47 ° 25 ′ N , 0 ° 19 ′ W
height	15-76 m
surface	113.66 km 2
Residents	15,702 (January 1, 2017)
Population density	138 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code	49140, 49250, 49630, 49800
INSEE code	49307
Website	http://www.loire-authion.fr/

Loire-Authion is a French municipality with 15,702 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 Angers and the Canton of Angers-7 . The inhabitants are called Loire-Authiens .

Loire-Authion was created as Commune nouvelle as part of a territorial reform on January 1, 2016 through the merger of seven former municipalities, which are now districts of Loire-Authion ( Communes déléguées ). The administrative center is in the locality of Saint-Mathurin-sur-Loire .

geography

Loire-Authion is about twelve kilometers east of Angers on the Loire , which also forms the southern municipal boundary. Loire-Authion is surrounded by the neighboring municipalities of Villevêque , Sarrigné and Corzé in the north, Jarzé Villages and Cornillé-les-Caves in the northeast, Mazé-Milon in the east, La Ménitré and Gennes-Val-de-Loire in the southeast, Brissac Loire and Aubance Blaison-Saint-Sulpice in the south, Les Garennes sur Loire and Les Ponts-de-Cé in the south-west, Trélazé in the west, Saint-Barthélemy-d'Anjou in the west and north-west and Le Plessis-Grammoire in the north-west.

structure

District	former INSEE code	Area (km²)	Population (2013)
Andard	49004	11.99	2,511
Bauné	49019	20.99	1,689
La Bohalle	49032	09.35	1,228
Brain-sur-l'Authion	49042	22.92	3,438
Corné	49106	16.64	2,881
La Daguenière	49117	11.92	1,285
Saint-Mathurin-sur-Loire (administrative headquarters)	49307	19.85	2,439

Attractions

Andard

Saint-Symphorien church from the 11th / 12th centuries Century, conversions from the 19th century, Monument historique since 1957

Bauné

church
Briançon Castle from the 17th century

La Bohalle

Saint-Aubin church, built between 1840 and 1845, monument historique since 1975

La Salette Chapel

Saint Joseph Chapel

Brain-sur-l'Authion

Saint-Pierre church, a historic monument since 1988

Narcé Castle, monument historique since 1975

Landes house, manor house, monument historique since 1984

Corné

Saint-Blaise church, historic monument since 1972
Bridge over the Authion

La Daguenière

Saint-Blaise-et-Saint-Nicolas church from the 19th century
18th century windmill Les Grand-Champs

Saint-Mathurin-sur-Loire

Saint-Mathurin church, 19th century neo-Greek church building, monument historique since 1991
Chapel in La Marsaulaye from the 15th century, Monument historique
House of the Loire in Anjou for the UNESCO World Heritage "Val de Loire"
House L'Ecce Homo
Noble house from the 18th century in La Marsaulaye with building parts from the 17th century, Monument historique