Saint-Macaire-en-Mauges
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| local community | Sèvremoine | |
| region | Pays de la Loire | |
| Department | Maine-et-Loire | |
| Arrondissement | Cholet | |
| Coordinates | 47 ° 7 ′ N , 0 ° 59 ′ W | |
| Post Code | 49450 | |
| Former INSEE code | 49301 | |
| Incorporation | December 15, 2015 | |
| status | Commune déléguée | |
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Saint-Macaire-en-Mauges is a town and commune Déléguée in the French community Sèvremoine with 7,063 inhabitants (at January 1, 2017) in the department of Maine-et-Loire in the region of Pays de la Loire . The inhabitants are called Macairois (es) .
With effect from December 15, 2015, the municipalities of Le Longeron , Montfaucon-Montigné , La Renaudière , Roussay , Saint-André-de-la-Marche , Saint-Crespin-sur-Moine , Saint-Germain-sur-Moine , Saint- Macaire-en-Mauges , Tillières and Torfou from the former Communauté de communes de Moine et Sèvre merged to form a Commune nouvelle with the name Sèvremoine. The municipality of Saint-Macaire-en-Mauges belonged to the arrondissement of Cholet and the canton of Saint-Macaire-en-Mauges (until 2015: Montfaucon-Montigné ).
geography
Saint-Macaire-en-Mauges is located about ten kilometers northwest of Cholet in the Mauges countryside . The development of traffic takes place through the Route nationale 249 .
Population development
| year | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 | 2011 |
| Residents | 3,486 | 3,859 | 4,850 | 5,413 | 5,543 | 5,687 | 6,424 | 6,970 |
Attractions
- Bernadière Chapel (Saint-Jean-Baptiste), built in the second half of the 15th century, a historic monument since 1989
- Chapel of Sainte-Marguerite
- The Grande Pierre levée de la Bretellière is a menhir in Saint-Macaire-en-Mauges.
literature
- Le Patrimoine des Communes de Maine-et-Loire . Flohic Editions, Volume 2, Paris 2001, ISBN 2-84234-117-1 , pp. 811-813.
