Maine-et-Loire department

Maine-et-Loire
region	Pays de la Loire
prefecture	Angers
Sub-prefecture (s)	Cholet Saumur Segré-en-Anjou Bleu
Residents	813,493 (Jan. 1, 2017)
Population density	113 inhabitants per km²
surface	7,192.93 km²
Arrondissements	4th
Community associations	10
Cantons	21st
Communities	177
President of the Department Council	Christian Gillet
ISO-3166-2 code	FR-49
Location of the department of Maine-et-Loire in the region of Pays de la Loire

The Maine-et-Loire [ mɛnelwaːʀ ] is the French department with the atomic number 49. It is in the west of the country in the Region Pays de la Loire and on the rivers Maine and Loire named. The area of ​​the department essentially comprises the historical Anjou region .

geography

The Maine-et-Loire department borders on the Ille-et-Vilaine , Mayenne , Sarthe , Indre-et-Loire , Vienne , Deux-Sèvres , Vendée and Loire-Atlantique departments . The most important rivers are the Loire , which flows through the department from east to west, and the Maine , which arises from the confluence of the Sarthe and Mayenne near Angers and flows into the Loire after only 12 km.

coat of arms

Description: In blue on the right a red border under which a golden lily is completely and a half at the gap and on the left a red, gold-lined patriarchal cross .

history

As a result of the French Revolution , the department was founded by a law of December 22, 1789 under the name Mayenne-et-Loire on March 4, 1790. Since the name Maine had already established itself as the name of the common section of the river Sarthe and Mayenne , the department was renamed Maine-et-Loire on December 12, 1791 .

The department comprises the main part of the old province of Anjou and about half of the province of Saumurois .

It has belonged to the Pays de la Loire region since 1960 .

Cities

The most populous municipalities in the Maine-et-Loire department are:

city	Population (2017)	Arrondissement
Angers	152.960	Angers
Cholet	53,917	Cholet
Saumur	26,734	Saumur
Sèvremoine	25,414	Cholet
Beaupréau-en-Mauges	23,228
Chemillé-en-Anjou	21,392

Administrative division

The Maine-et-Loire department is divided into 4 arrondissements , 21 cantons and 177 communes :

Communes and arrondissements in the Maine-et-Loire department

Arrondissement	Cantons	Communities	Residents January 1, 2017	Area km²	Density of population / km²	Code INSEE
Angers	12	66	383.092	1,740.66	220	491
Cholet	6th	32	224,595	2,105.96	107	492
Saumur	5	52	134.943	1,967.91	69	493
Segré	3	27	70,863	1,378.40	51	494
Maine-et-Loire department	21st	177	813.493	7,192.93	113	49

See also:

• List of communes in the Maine-et-Loire department
• List of cantons in the Maine-et-Loire department
• List of associations of municipalities in the Maine-et-Loire department

Road sign on the border of the department

economy

The Maine-et-Loire department has numerous branches of industry, particularly information and telecommunications technology and automotive supply (over 5,000 jobs each). The city of Angers forms a growth pole “vegetable products” (highly specialized production, research and teaching), with which 15,000 jobs are connected. The city of Cholet forms a growth pole for “children” (child food, fashion, furniture, care, etc.) with 6,300 direct jobs. In general, the fashion sector is an important economic factor with 5,000 jobs in shoe production and 3,000 jobs in clothing production. The area around Saumur is strongly influenced by tourism with 75 sights and one million visitors a year. Saumur is also a leader in the production and processing of mushrooms and an important wine-growing and horticultural region (40 percent of France's production of rose bushes).

Web links

Commons : Maine-et-Loire Department  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Maine-et-Loire (French)
• Prefecture of the Maine-et-Loire department (French)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ maine-et-loire.fr accessed on April 26, 2015.
2. ↑ History on wiki-anjou.fr accessed on March 31, 2013.
3. ↑ CCI DES PAYS DE LA LOIRE (2005): Les chiffres clés de l'économie 2004.

Coordinates: 47 ° 28 ′  N , 0 ° 32 ′  W