Saint-Florent-le-Vieil
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| local community | Mauges-sur-Loire | |
| region | Pays de la Loire | |
| Department | Maine-et-Loire | |
| Arrondissement | Cholet | |
| Coordinates | 47 ° 22 ′ N , 1 ° 1 ′ W | |
| Post Code | 49410 | |
| Former INSEE code | 49276 | |
| Incorporation | December 15, 2015 | |
| status | Commune déléguée | |
 View over the Loire to the church of Saint-Florent-le-Vieil |
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Saint-Florent-le-Vieil is a town and commune Déléguée in the French commune Mauges-sur-Loire with 2,862 inhabitants (at January 1, 2017) in the department of Maine-et-Loire in the region of Pays de la Loire . The inhabitants are called Pommeréyen (ne) s .
location
Saint-Florent-le-Vieil is about 40 kilometers west of the city of Angers on the Loire River .
history
The leaders of the Vendée uprising , Jacques Cathelineau and Charles de Bonchamps , died in Saint-Florent-le-Vieil . Their graves can be found in the abbey church of the local Benedictine abbey .
With effect from December 15, 2015, the municipalities of Beausse , Botz-en-Mauges , Bourgneuf-en-Mauges , La Chapelle-Saint-Florent , Le Marillais , Le Mesnil-en-Vallée , Montjean-sur-Loire , La Pommeraye , Saint-Florent-le-Vieil , Saint-Laurent-de-la-Plaine and Saint-Laurent-du-Mottay from the former Communauté de communes du Canton de Saint-Florent-le-Vieil to a Commune nouvelle called Mauges- sur-Loire merged. The municipality of Saint-Florent-le-Vieil belonged to the Arrondissement of Cholet and the canton of La Pommeraye (until 2015: canton of Saint-Florent-le-Vieil ).
Population development
| year | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2009 |
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| Residents | 2,089 | 2,203 | 2,415 | 2,559 | 2,511 | 2,623 | 2,676 |
literature
- Le Patrimoine des Communes de Maine-et-Loire . Flohic Editions, Volume 2, Paris 2001, ISBN 2-84234-117-1 , pp. 1063-1069.
