Vaas

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Vaas
Vaas coat of arms
Vaas (France)
Vaas
region Pays de la Loire
Department Sarthe
Arrondissement La Flèche
Canton Le Lude
Community association South Sarthe
Coordinates 47 ° 40 ′  N , 0 ° 19 ′  W Coordinates: 47 ° 40 ′  N , 0 ° 19 ′  W
height 38-119 m
surface 30.14 km 2
Residents 1,510 (January 1, 2017)
Population density 50 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code 72500
INSEE code 72364

View over the Loir to the mill and the church in Vaas

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Vaas is a French commune with 1,510 inhabitants (at January 1, 2017) in the Sarthe department in the region of Pays de la Loire . It belongs to the Arrondissement La Flèche and the municipality association Sud Sarthe . The residents call themselves Védaquais .

geography

Vaas is located on the Loir River in the middle of the city triangle Le Mans - Angers - Tours . The neighboring municipalities are Verneil-le-Chétif in the north, Lavernat and Montval-sur-Loir in the east, La Bruère-sur-Loir in the southeast, Saint-Germain-d'Arcé in the south and Aubugné-Racan in the west.

The 30.14 km² large municipal area in the west of the Touraine consists of a mixture of arable and pasture land. To the north of the commune is the Bois des Bouleaux forest ; the vineyards in the east belong to the Coteaux du Loir wine-growing region . Vaas includes the districts of La Huetterie, Les Foucheries, Valette, La Bodinière, Moriers, Les Dureaux, La Chalopinière, Les Halles and Le Haut Monsureau .

Transport links

Vaas train station

The Mayet - Château-la-Vallière (D30) and Le Lude - Château-du-Loir (D305) highways cross in Vaas. On the eastern edge of the municipality of Vaas, the A28 autoroute crosses the Loir. The municipality of Vaas has a train station on the Tours to Le Mans railway line.

Population development

1962 1968 1975 1982 1990 1999 2006 2017
1662 1673 1598 1590 1564 1540 1635 1510
Sources: Cassini and INSEE

Attractions

  • Remains of the Vaas monastery ( Abbaye de Vaas ) - the preserved former Notre-Dame monastery church ( Monument historique ); the house of the former abbots is now the town hall
  • several locks
    • Petit-Perray Castle ( Château du Petit-Perray ), Monument historique
    • Château de Lassy
    • Château de la Brosserie
    • Château la Renaudière
    • Château de Gagnerie
    • Château de la Roche with a landscaped park
    • Château de Mazouet
  • Dolmen Pierre Couverte in the northeast of the municipality, Monument historique
  • Lavoir

  • Vaas Monastery

  • Cross-section of the Notre-Dame church

  • Interior of the Notre-Dame church

  • Château du Petit-Perray

  • Dolmen Pierre Couverte

Personalities

  • Jean-Paul Proust (1940–2010), former head of government and foreign minister of the Principality of Monaco.

Economy and Infrastructure

There are 38 farms in the municipality (growing of grain, vegetables and fruit, dairy farming, cloth from horses, cattle, goats, sheep and poultry).

In Vaas the highways D 305 from Le Lude to Montval-sur-Loir and D 30 from Écommoy to Château-la-Vallière cross . The A 28 autoroute runs along the eastern edge of the municipality of Vaas . The nearest train station is eight kilometers east in Montval-sur-Loir.

supporting documents

  1. ↑ Vaas on cassini.ehess.fr
  2. ↑ Vaas on insee.fr
  3. ^ Entry in the Base Mérimée of the Ministry of Culture. Retrieved February 1, 2015 (French).
  4. ^ Entry in the Base Mérimée of the Ministry of Culture. Retrieved February 1, 2015 (French).
  5. ^ Entry in the Base Mérimée of the Ministry of Culture. Retrieved February 1, 2015 (French).
  6. ↑ Farms on annuaire-mairie.fr (French)

Web links

Commons : Vaas  - collection of images