Saint-Christophe-la-Couperie
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| local community | Orée d'Anjou | |
| region | Pays de la Loire | |
| Department | Maine-et-Loire | |
| Arrondissement | Cholet | |
| Coordinates | 47 ° 15 ′ N , 1 ° 11 ′ W | |
| Post Code | 49270 | |
| Former INSEE code | 49270 | |
| Incorporation | December 15, 2015 | |
| status | Commune déléguée | |
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Saint-Christophe-la-Couperie is a town and commune Déléguée in the French community Orée d'Anjou with 807 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 Christoforiens .
With effect from December 15, 2015, the municipalities of Bouzillé , Champtoceaux , Drain , Landemont , Liré , Saint-Christophe-la-Couperie , Saint-Laurent-des-Autels , Saint-Sauveur-de-Landemont and La Varenne were removed from the former Communauté de communes du Canton de Champtoceaux amalgamated into a Commune nouvelle with the name Orée d'Anjou. The municipality of Saint-Christophe-la-Couperie belonged to the Arrondissement Cholet and the canton of La Pommeraye (until 2015: canton of Champtoceaux ).
geography
Saint-Christophe-la-Couperie is located about 28 kilometers east-northeast of Nantes in the Mauges countryside . Parts of the Gros Plant du Pays Nantais wine region are also located here . The former Route nationale 763 (today's D763) leads through Saint-Christophe-la-Couperie .
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| year | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 | 2012 |
| Residents | 434 | 436 | 440 | 451 | 447 | 455 | 637 | 830 |
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Attractions
- church
- Foucaudière Castle
- Mill tower of Les Héronnières
literature
- Le Patrimoine des Communes de Maine-et-Loire . Flohic Editions, Volume 1, Paris 2001, ISBN 2-84234-117-1 , pp. 412-414.
