Lys-Haut-Layon

Lys-Haut-Layon is a French commune with 7,880 inhabitants (as of January 1 2017) in the department of Maine-et-Loire in the region of Pays de la Loire . It is part of the Arrondissement of Cholet and the Canton of Cholet-2 .

Lys-Haut-Layon was created as Commune nouvelle as part of a regional reform on January 1, 2016 through the merger of seven former municipalities, Les Cerqueux-sous-Passavant , La Fosse-de-Tigné , Nueil-sur-Layon , Tancoigné , Tigné , Trémont , Vihiers , which are now districts of Lys-Haut-Layon ( Communes déléguées ). The administrative center is in the village of Vihiers .

geography

Lys-Haut-Layon is located about 45 kilometers south-southeast of Angers between the Lys and Layon rivers . Lys-Haut-Layon is surrounded by the neighboring communities of Montilliers , Cernusson , Aubigné-sur-Layon and Terranjou in the north, Doué-en-Anjou in the east, Saint-Macaire-du-Bois and Bouillé-Loretz in the south-east, and Val en Vignes in the South and south-east, Passavant-sur-Layon , Cléré-sur-Layon , Saint Maurice Étusson and Saint-Paul-du-Bois in the south, La Plaine in the south-west, Coron in the west and Chemillé-en-Anjou in the west and north-west.

District	former INSEE code	Area (km²)	Population as of January 1, 2017
Les Cerqueux-sous-Passavant	49059	23.24	00515
La Fosse-de-Tigné	49142	05.54	00239
Nueil-sur-Layon	49232	61.23	1,337
Tancoigné	49342	04.25	00337
Tigné	49348	16.78	00770
Trémont	49356	08.10	00372
Vihiers (administrative headquarters)	49373	59.70	2,255

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

12th century Saint-Hilaire church
Chapel of Sainte-Barbe-Sainte-Basme from the 16th century
Le Preuil Castle from the 15th century
Sainte-Catherine Castle (also: La Roche-Bousseau Castle), no longer existing complex
La Grise castle from the 14th century
Notre-Dame Castle from the 15th century
Saint-Michel castle from the 15th century
15th century manor house in Montchenin
15th century Paillé mansion
19th century mansion Saint-Roch (also: La Chesnaie Castle )
Vaille Rochereau mansion from the 20th century
Vaille Brézé manor from the 15th century
16th century manor house Villeneuve-les-Bouillons

Saint-Pierre Church, built between 1860 and 1863
Chapel of Sainte-Anne from the 12th century, alterations from the 17th century, monument historique since 1926
Le Grand-Riou castle from the 15th century, a historic monument since 1988
16th / 17th century manor house Saint-Jacques-Saint-Jean Century, since 1989 Monument historique
Castle and domain of Tigné from the 14th century
Several mansions from the 15th / 16th centuries century

Le Grand-Riou castle

Maupassant Castle
Le Coudray-Montbault castle in Saint-Hilaire-du-Bois (16th / 18th century, Monument historique )
The former Saint-Jacques chapel of the priory (from the 12th century, Monument historique)

Le Coudray-Montbault Castle

Claude-Maur d'Aubigné (1658–1719), Bishop of Noyon (1701–1707), Archbishop of Rouen (1707–1719), born in Tigné
Clément Cailleau (1923–2011), Apostolic Prefect of Tambacounda (1970–1986), born in Nueil-sur-Layon
Gérard Defois (* 1931), Archbishop of Sens (1990–1995), of Reims (1995–1998) and of Lille (1998–2011), born in Nueil-sur-Layon

The wines of the Coteaux-du-Layon appellations are mainly grown here in the Anjou wine-growing region .

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Monuments historiques (structures) in Lys-Haut-Layon in the Base Mérimée of the French Ministry of Culture
Monuments historiques (objects) in Lys-Haut-Layon in the base Palissy of the French Ministry of Culture