Montfaucon-Montigné
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| local community | Sèvremoine | |
| region | Pays de la Loire | |
| Department | Maine-et-Loire | |
| Arrondissement | Cholet | |
| Coordinates | 47 ° 6 ′ N , 1 ° 7 ′ W | |
| Post Code | 49230 | |
| Former INSEE code | 49206 | |
| Incorporation | December 15, 2015 | |
| status | Commune déléguée | |
 Wallburg (Motte) in Montfaucon |
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Montfaucon-Montigné is a commune Déléguée in the French community Sèvremoine with 2,325 inhabitants (at January 1, 2017) in the department of Maine-et-Loire in the region of Pays de la Loire . The inhabitants are called Montois .
geography
Montfaucon-Montigné is located about 19 kilometers west-northwest of Cholet in the Mauges countryside on the Moine River . The development of traffic takes place through the former Route nationale 762 (today's D762).
history
On February 29, 2000, the former municipality was founded from the previously independent municipalities of Montfaucon-sur-Moine and Montigné-sur-Moine .
With effect from December 15, 2015, the municipalities of Le Longeron , Montfaucon-Montigné , La Renaudière , Roussay , Saint-André-de-la-Marche , Saint-Crespin-sur-Moine , Saint-Germain-sur-Moine , Saint- Macaire-en-Mauges , Tillières and Torfou from the former Communauté de communes de Moine et Sèvre merged to form a Commune nouvelle with the name Sèvremoine. The municipality of Montfaucon-Montigné belonged to the Arrondissement Cholet and the canton of Saint-Macaire-en-Mauges (until 2015: Montfaucon-Montigné ).
Population development
| year | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 | 2012 |
| Residents | 2,009 | 2.010 | 1,814 | 1,790 | 1,808 | 1,722 | 1,745 | 2,062 |
| Source: Cassini and INSEE (up to and including 1999 addition of both parts of the community) | ||||||||
Attractions
- Saint-Jacques church in Montfaucon from the 13th century, rebuilt in the 18th century
- Saint-Martin church in Montigné
- Saint-Jean chapel in Montfaucon, built in the 12th century, renovations from the 15th and 17th centuries, historic monument since 1973
- Chapels Le Pâs, L'Humeau and Notre-Dame (La Tulévrière) in Montigné
- Wallburg (Motte) in Montfaucon
- Wash houses
- Windmills in Les Grand Jardins, a historic monument since 1976
Saint-Jean chapel
Notre-Dame Chapel (La Tulévrière)
literature
- Le Patrimoine des Communes de Maine-et-Loire . Flohic Editions, Volume 2, Paris 2001, ISBN 2-84234-117-1 , pp. 797-801.
