Somloire
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| region | Pays de la Loire | |
| Department | Maine-et-Loire | |
| Arrondissement | Cholet | |
| Canton | Cholet-2 | |
| Community association | Agglomération du Choletais | |
| Coordinates | 47 ° 2 ′ N , 0 ° 36 ′ W | |
| height | 107-184 m | |
| surface | 31.83 km 2 | |
| Residents | 889 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 28 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 49360 | |
| INSEE code | 49336 | |
| Website | http://www.somloire.mairie49.fr/ | |
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Somloire is a French municipality with 889 inhabitants (as of January 1 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 Somloirais .
geography
Somloire is about 25 kilometers east of Cholet in the Mauges . The Ouère flows through the municipality . Somloire is surrounded by the neighboring communities
- La Plaine in the north,
- Saint-Paul-du-Bois in the northeast,
- Saint Maurice Étusson with Saint-Maurice-la-Fougereuse in the east and Étusson in the south and southeast,
- Les Cerqueux in the south,
- Chanteloup-les-Bois in the south and south-west,
- Yzernay in the west.
Population development
| year | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 | 2013 |
| Residents | 962 | 955 | 922 | 865 | 825 | 790 | 880 | 914 |
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Attractions
- Saint-Cyr-Sainte-Julitte church
- Somloire Castle, Monument historique (see also: List of Monuments historiques in Somloire )
literature
- Le Patrimoine des Communes de Maine-et-Loire . Flohic Editions, Volume 2, Paris 2001, ISBN 2-84234-117-1 , pp. 1345-1351.
Web links
Commons : Somloire - collection of pictures, videos and audio files
