Saint-Paul-du-Bois

Saint-Paul-du-Bois
region	Pays de la Loire
Department	Maine-et-Loire
Arrondissement	Cholet
Canton	Cholet-2
Community association	Agglomération du Choletais
Coordinates	47 ° 5 ′  N , 0 ° 33 ′  W Coordinates: 47 ° 5 ′  N , 0 ° 33 ′  W
height	103-214 m
surface	26.58 km 2
Residents	589 (January 1, 2017)
Population density	22 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code	49310
INSEE code	49310
Website	http://www.saintpauldubois.com/
church

Saint-Paul-du-Bois is a French commune with a population of 589 (as at 1st January 2017) in the department of Maine-et-Loire in the region of Pays de la Loire . It belongs to the Arrondissement of Cholet and the Canton of Cholet-2 (until 2015: Canton Vihiers ). The inhabitants are called Saint-Paulais .

geography

Saint-Paul-du-Bois is located about 25 kilometers east of Cholet and about 40 kilometers southwest of Saumur in the Mauges . Saint-Paul-du-Bois is surrounded by the neighboring communities of Lys-Haut-Layon in the north and east, Saint Maurice Étusson with Saint-Maurice-la-Fougereuse in the south and south-east, Somloire in the south-west and La Plaine in the west.

Population development

year	1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999	2006	2013
Residents	730	717	627	615	583	562	568	610
Source: Cassini and INSEE

Attractions

• Notre-Dame chapel in Haute-Foy from the 12th century
• Augustinian priory of Saint-Paul from the 12th century, church from 1634
• La Gaubretière mansion from the 16th century
• Numerous houses from the 18th / 19th centuries century
• Several manors from the 17th, 18th and 19th centuries
• Mills from the 17th and 19th centuries

literature

• Le Patrimoine des Communes de Maine-et-Loire . Flohic Editions, Volume 2, Paris 2001, ISBN 2-84234-117-1 , pp. 1338-1343.

Web links

Commons : Saint-Paul-du-Bois  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Monuments historiques (objects) in Saint-Paul-du-Bois in the base Palissy of the French Ministry of Culture