Montreuil-Juigné

Montreuil-Juigné
region	Pays de la Loire
Department	Maine-et-Loire
Arrondissement	Angers
Canton	Angers-4
Community association	Angers Loire metropolis
Coordinates	47 ° 32 ′ N , 0 ° 37 ′ W Coordinates: 47 ° 32 ′ N , 0 ° 37 ′ W
height	12-72 m
surface	13.81 km 2
Residents	7,517 (January 1, 2017)
Population density	544 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code	49460
INSEE code	49214
Website	http://www.ville-montreuil-juigne.fr/
	; Town hall of Montreuil-Juigné

Montreuil-Juigné is a municipality in France with 7517 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017). It is located in the department of Maine-et-Loire in the region of Pays de la Loire .

The community is located about ten kilometers northwest of Angers on the Mayenne . Within the municipality are the bird sanctuary "Marais" and the park named after the former French President François Mitterrand on the banks of the Mayenne.

The neighboring municipalities are Feneu , Cantenay-Épinard , Avrillé and Longuenée-en-Anjou .

The municipality of Montreuil-Juigné was created in 1973 from the union of the municipalities of Montreuil-Belfroy and Juigné-Béné. Economically, Juigné-Béné is traditionally characterized by agriculture and livestock farming , while the Montreuil-Belfroy area is mainly determined by viticulture. With the factory of the Péchiney concern , the industrial age arrived in the region, which was reflected in rapid growth in the 1950s and 1960s. The neighborhood to the big city of Angers has intensified the process of urbanization to this day.

Number of inhabitants
year	1954	1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999	2008	2017
Residents	1283 ¹	2712 ²	2854 ²	3,832	5,623	6,451	6,666	6,813	7,517

¹ Montreuil-Belfroy: 419, Juigné-Béné: 864

² Montreuil-Belfroy: 1519, Juigné-Béné: 1193

³ Montreuil-Belfroy: 1616, Juigné-Béné: 1238

Montreuil-Juigné is a municipality with a modern face, but with a number of historic buildings, the most notable of which is La Guyonnière Castle , which the town bought in 1982 to transform it into a leisure center.