Méon (Maine-et-Loire)

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Méon
Méon (France)
Méon
local community Noyant Villages
region Pays de la Loire
Department Maine-et-Loire
Arrondissement Saumur
Coordinates 47 ° 30 '  N , 0 ° 7'  E Coordinates: 47 ° 30 '  N , 0 ° 7'  E
Post Code 49490
Former INSEE code 49202
Incorporation 15th December 2016
status Commune déléguée

Méon is a town and commune Déléguée in the French commune of Noyant-Villages with 225 inhabitants (at January 1, 2017) in the department of Maine-et-Loire in the region of Pays de la Loire . The inhabitants are called Méonais .

Méon was founded on December 15, 2016 with 13 other municipalities, namely Auverse , Breil , Broc , Chalonnes-sous-le-Lude , Chavaignes , Chigné , Dénezé-sous-le-Lude , Genneteil , Lasse , Linières-Bouton , Meigné-le -Vicomte , Noyant and Parçay-les-Pins merged to form the new municipality of Noyant-Villages.

geography

Méon is located about 52 kilometers east-northeast of Angers in the Baugeois landscape .

Population development

year 1962 1968 1975 1982 1990 1999 2006 2013
Residents 370 386 330 304 280 248 259 265
Source: Cassini and INSEE

Attractions

  • Dolmens and menhirs
  • Saint-Martin church from the 14th century, monument historique since 1967
  • Several mills from the 15th / 16th centuries century

literature

  • Le Patrimoine des Communes de Maine-et-Loire . Flohic Editions, Volume 2, Paris 2001, ISBN 2-84234-117-1 , pp. 931-932.

Web links

Commons : Méon  - collection of images, videos and audio files