Saint-Martin-du-Bois (Maine-et-Loire)
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| local community | Segré-en-Anjou Bleu | |
| region | Pays de la Loire | |
| Department | Maine-et-Loire | |
| Arrondissement | Segré | |
| Coordinates | 47 ° 42 ′ N , 0 ° 44 ′ W | |
| Post Code | 49500 | |
| Former INSEE code | 49305 | |
| Incorporation | 15th December 2016 | |
| status | Commune déléguée | |
 Saint Martin Church |
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Saint-Martin-du-Bois is a village and a commune Déléguée in the French community Segre-en-Anjou Bleu with 1,008 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 Boscoviens .
The municipality of Saint-Martin-du-Bois was founded on December 15, 2016 with 14 other municipalities, namely Aviré , Le Bourg-d'Iré , La Chapelle-sur-Oudon , Châtelais , La Ferrière-de-Flée , L'Hôtellerie- de-Flée , Louvaines , Marans , Montguillon , Noyant-la-Gravoyère , Nyoiseau , Sainte-Gemmes-d'Andigné , Saint-Sauveur-de-Flée and Segré have merged to form the new municipality of Segré-en-Anjou Bleu. It belonged to the Arrondissement of Segré and the Canton of Segré .
geography
Saint-Martin-du-Bois is about 30 kilometers northwest of Angers . The Oudon delimited the community in the south. The municipality of Saint-Martin-du-Bois was surrounded by the neighboring municipalities of Montguillon in the north, La Jaille-Yvon in the northeast, Chambellay in the east, Montreuil-sur-Maine in the southeast, Le Lion-d'Angers in the south, Louvaines in the west and Southwest and Aviré in the west.
Population development
| year | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 | 2013 |
| Residents | 786 | 766 | 670 | 691 | 671 | 684 | 774 | 938 |
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Attractions
- Saint-Martin-de-Tours church from 1878
- Le Percher Castle, a historic monument since 1922
- Danne Castle, built in 1826, has been a monument historique since 1980
- La Lizière castle from the 19th century
- Le Ponceau mansion from the 15th / 16th centuries century
- La Chartenay mansion from the 16th century
- Le Coudray mansion from the 15th / 16th centuries Century with Campanile
Personalities
- René Goupil (1608–1642), missionary in North America
- Jean Arthuis (* 1944), politician (UDI), Minister of Economics and Finance of France (1995–1997), MEP
literature
- Le Patrimoine des Communes de Maine-et-Loire . Flohic Editions, Volume 2, Paris 2001, ISBN 2-84234-117-1 , pp. 1220-1222.
