Trémont (Maine-et-Loire)

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Trémont
Trémont (France)
Trémont
local community Lys-Haut-Layon
region Pays de la Loire
Department Maine-et-Loire
Arrondissement Cholet
Coordinates 47 ° 10 ′  N , 0 ° 27 ′  W Coordinates: 47 ° 10 ′  N , 0 ° 27 ′  W
Post Code 49540
Former INSEE code 49356
Incorporation January 1, 2016
status Commune déléguée

Former town hall (Mairie) of Trémont

Trémont is a town and commune Déléguée in the French community Lys-Haut-Layon with 372 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 Trémontais .

With effect from January 1, 2016, the communes of Les Cerqueux-sous-Passavant , La Fosse-de-Tigné , Nueil-sur-Layon , Tancoigné , Tigné , Trémont and Vihiers from the former Communauté de communes du Vihiersois-Haut-Layon were closed a Commune nouvelle with the name Lys-Haut-Layon merged. The municipality of Trémont belonged to the arrondissement Cholet and the canton Cholet-2 (until 2015: canton Vihiers ).

geography

Trémont is located about 40 kilometers south-southeast of Angers am Layon in the Mauges .

Population development

1962 1968 1975 1982 1990 1999 2006 2013
397 403 376 346 338 350 382 387
Source: Cassini and INSEE

Attractions

  • Notre-Dame-et-Saint-Fiacre church from the 17th century
  • Benedictine priory of Notre-Dame from the 11th century
  • 15th century manor house
  • Several windmills

Viticulture

The wines of the Coteaux-du-Layon appellations are mainly grown here in the Anjou wine-growing region .

literature

  • Le Patrimoine des Communes de Maine-et-Loire . Flohic Editions, Volume 2, Paris 2001, ISBN 2-84234-117-1 , pp. 1354-1355.

Web links

Commons : Trémont  - collection of images, videos and audio files