Saint-Laurent-des-Autels
Saint-Laurent-des-Autels | ||
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local community | Orée d'Anjou | |
region | Pays de la Loire | |
Department | Maine-et-Loire | |
Arrondissement | Cholet | |
Coordinates | 47 ° 17 ′ N , 1 ° 11 ′ W | |
Post Code | 49270 | |
Former INSEE code | 49296 | |
Incorporation | December 15, 2015 | |
status | Commune déléguée | |
Martyrs Chapel |
Saint-Laurent-des-Autels is a town and commune Déléguée in the French community Orée d'Anjou with 2,256 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 Laurentais .
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-Laurent-des-Autels belonged to the Arrondissement of Cholet and the canton of La Pommeraye (until 2015: canton of Champtoceaux ).
geography
Saint-Laurent-des-Autels is located about 28 kilometers east-northeast of Nantes on the edge of the Mauges landscape . Part of the Gros Plant du Pays Nantais wine region is located here . The development of traffic takes place through the former Route nationale 763 (today's D763).
Population development
year | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 | 2012 |
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Residents | 1,062 | 1,136 | 1,210 | 1,319 | 1,510 | 1,496 | 1,909 | 2,236 |
Source: Cassini and INSEE |
Attractions
- Martyrs Chapel
- Former mills
literature
- Le Patrimoine des Communes de Maine-et-Loire . Flohic Editions, Volume 1, Paris 2001, ISBN 2-84234-117-1 , pp. 415-419.