Sainte-Gemmes-d'Andigné
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| local community | Segré-en-Anjou Bleu | |
| region | Pays de la Loire | |
| Department | Maine-et-Loire | |
| Arrondissement | Segré | |
| Coordinates | 47 ° 41 ′ N , 0 ° 53 ′ W | |
| Post Code | 49500 | |
| Former INSEE code | 49277 | |
| Incorporation | 15th December 2016 | |
| status | Commune déléguée | |
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Sainte-Gemmes-d'Andigné is a town and commune Déléguée in the French community Segre-en-Anjou Bleu with 1,472 inhabitants (as of January 1 2017) in the department of Maine-et-Loire in the region of Pays de la Loire .
The municipality of Sainte-Gemmes-d'Andigné 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 , Saint-Martin-du-Bois , 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
Sainte-Gemmes-d'Andigné is about 75 kilometers northeast of Nantes and about just as far southeast of Rennes .
Neighboring communities were:
- Segré in the north,
- La Chapelle-sur-Oudon in the east,
- Marans in the southeast,
- Chazé-sur-Argos in the south,
- Loiré in the southwest,
- Le Bourg-d'Iré to the west and
- Nyoiseau in the northwest.
The former municipality is crossed by the Verzée river, into which the Argos flows from the south .
Population development
| year | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2008 |
| Residents | 1158 | 1216 | 1253 | 1243 | 1271 | 1311 | 1521 |
Attractions
- La Chetardière Castle ( Monument historique )
- Manoir Logis de la Pezellière (Monument historique)
Personalities
- Sainte-Gemmes-d'Andigné, (* 1977), racing cyclist
- Georges Paillard (1904–1998), racing cyclist, born in Sainte-Gemmes
- Bertrand Roiné (* 1981), handball player, born in Sainte-Gemmes
literature
- Le Patrimoine des Communes de Maine-et-Loire . Flohic Editions, Volume 2, Paris 2001, ISBN 2-84234-117-1 , pp. 1224-1226.
