Mozé-sur-Louet
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| region | Pays de la Loire | |
| Department | Maine-et-Loire | |
| Arrondissement | Angers | |
| Canton | Chemillé-Melay | |
| Community association | Loire Layon Aubance | |
| Coordinates | 47 ° 21 ′ N , 0 ° 33 ′ W | |
| height | 12-94 m | |
| surface | 25.53 km 2 | |
| Residents | 1,991 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 78 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 49610 | |
| INSEE code | 49222 | |
| Website | http://www.mozesurlouet.fr/ | |
Mozé-sur-Louet is a French municipality with 1991 inhabitants (as of January 1 2017) in the department of Maine-et-Loire in the region of Pays de la Loire . The municipality belongs to the Arrondissement of Angers and the canton of Chemillé-Melay (until 2015: canton of Les Ponts-de-Cé ). The inhabitants are called Mozéen .
geography
The community is about twelve kilometers south of Angers and belongs to the Anjou wine-growing region . The Louet , a tributary of the Loire , and the Aubance flow through the northern part of the municipality. Mozé-sur-Louet is surrounded by the neighboring communities of Saint-Jean-de-la-Croix in the north and north-west, Mûrs-Erigné in the north, Soulaines-sur-Aubance in the east, Faye-d'Anjou in the south and south-east, Beaulieu- sur-Layon in the south and south-west, Rochefort-sur-Loire in the west and Denée in the north-west.
The A87 car route runs through the municipality .
Population development
| year | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 | 2012 |
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| Residents | 1.002 | 978 | 1.107 | 1,434 | 1,802 | 2,000 | 1.917 | 2,050 |
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Attractions
See also: List of Monuments historiques in Mozé-sur-Louet
- Montjoie Chapel
- La Cressonière Castle
- La Noue Castle, Monument historique since 1995
- Rogerie Castle
- Bigottière windmill, a historic monument since 1984
Viticulture
The place belongs to the Anjou wine region .
literature
- Le Patrimoine des Communes de Maine-et-Loire . Flohic Editions, Volume 2, Paris 2001, ISBN 2-84234-117-1 , pp. 951-952.
