Martigné-Briand
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| local community | Terranjou | |
| region | Pays de la Loire | |
| Department | Maine-et-Loire | |
| Arrondissement | Saumur | |
| Coordinates | 47 ° 14 ′ N , 0 ° 26 ′ W | |
| Post Code | 49540 | |
| Former INSEE code | 49191 | |
| Incorporation | January 1, 2017 | |
| status | Commune déléguée | |
| Website | http://www.martigne-briand.fr/ | |
Martigné-Briand is a town and commune Déléguée in the French community Terranjou with 1,955 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 Martinéens .
The municipality of Martigné-Briand merged with Chavagnes and Notre-Dame-d'Allençon to form the new municipality of Terranjou on January 1, 2017 . It belonged to the Arrondissement of Saumur and was part of the canton of Chemillé-Melay (until 2015: canton of Doué-la-Fontaine ).
geography
Martigné-Briand is located in the Saumurois region . Martigné-Briand is located in the Anjou wine region . The Layon flows through the former municipality .
The municipality of Martigné-Briand was surrounded by the neighboring municipalities of Chavagnes in the north, Luigné in the northeast, Brigné (today: Doué-en-Anjou ) in the east, Saint-Georges-sur-Layon in the southeast, Tigné in the south (today: Lys-Haut -Anjou ), Aubigné-sur-Layon in the south and south-west, and Bellevigne-en-Layon in the west and north-west.
Population development
| year | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 | 2013 |
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| Residents | 1,720 | 1,591 | 1,717 | 1,763 | 1,689 | 1,705 | 1,847 | 1,857 |
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Attractions
- Saint-Simplicien church from the 12th century
- Saint-Martin chapel from the 16th century
- Saint-Lien chapel from the 16th century
- Saint-Arnoult chapel in Sousigné from the 14th century, alterations from the 18th century, monument historique since 1965
- Notre-Dame-de-Compassion Benedictine Convent
- Noyers Castle from the 15th / 16th centuries Century, since 1996 Monument historique
- Villeneuve Castle from the 14th / 15th centuries Century, since 1992 Monument historique
- Remains of the castle from 1503, monument historique since 1926
- Lime kiln
- numerous mills
Saint Simplicien Church
Saint-Martin chapel
Saint-Lien chapel
Saint-Arnoult chapel
Briant Castle
Noyers Castle
Viticulture
The place belongs to the Anjou wine region .
Personalities
- Jean-François Merlet (1761–1830), politician and lawyer
- André Rogerie (1921-2014), General, Resistance fighter (survivor of Auschwitz)
Community partnerships
A partnership has existed with the Italian municipality of Castellina in Chianti in the province of Siena (Tuscany) since 1998.
literature
- Le Patrimoine des Communes de Maine-et-Loire . Flohic Editions, Volume 1, Paris 2001, ISBN 2-84234-117-1 , pp. 562-576.
