Valanjou
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| local community | Chemillé-en-Anjou | |
| region | Pays de la Loire | |
| Department | Maine-et-Loire | |
| Arrondissement | Cholet | |
| Coordinates | 47 ° 13 ′ N , 0 ° 36 ′ W | |
| Post Code | 49670 | |
| Former INSEE code | 49153 | |
| Incorporation | December 15, 2015 | |
| status | Commune déléguée | |
Valanjou is a village and a former French commune with 2,184 inhabitants (as of January 1 2017) in the department of Maine-et-Loire in the region of Pays de la Loire . It belonged to the arrondissement of Cholet and the canton of Chemillé-Melay (until 2015: canton of Thouarcé ). The inhabitants are called Valanjevins .
With effect from December 15, 2015, the municipalities of Chanzeaux , La Chapelle-Rousselin , Chemillé-Melay , Cossé-d'Anjou , La Jumellière , Neuvy-en-Mauges , Sainte-Christine , Saint-Georges-des-Gardes , Saint- Lézin , La Salle-de-Vihiers , La Tourlandry and Valanjou from the former Communauté de communes de la Région de Chemillé have been amalgamated into a Commune nouvelle with the name Chemillé-en-Anjou . With the exception of Chemillé-Melay, the former municipalities have the status of a Commune déléguée in the new municipality , since in this case the municipalities of Chemillé and Melay, which were already combined in 2013 to form the Commune nouvelle Chemillé-Melay , retain their status as Commune déléguée in the now municipality to have. The administrative headquarters are located in Chemillé.
location
Valanjou is located on the Javoineau River , about 28 kilometers south of Angers in the Anjou wine-growing region . The area is accessed by the A87 autoroute .
history
The former municipality was formed in 1974 from the merger of the previously independent municipalities Joué-Étiau and Gonnord.
Population development
| year | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 | 2012 |
| Residents | 1.952 | 2,001 | 1,877 | 1.924 | 2.016 | 1.914 | 2.135 | 2,275 |
Attractions
- Saint-Pierre church in Gonnord
- Saint-Laurent church in Etiau
- Saint-Martin church in Joué
- Chapel of Gonnord
- Notre-Dame-de-Pitié chapel by Joué
- Gonnord castle ruins, monument historique since 1926
- Argonne Castle, built in the 16th century, rebuilt in the 19th century
- Windmill, monument historique since 1975
Personalities
- Artus de Cossé, comte de Secondigny (1512–1582), Marshal of France, died at Gonnord Castle
- François Bernier (1625–1688), doctor, born in Joué-Étiau
- Eugène Grellier (1850–1939), Bishop of Laval (1906–1936), born in Joué-Étiau
literature
- Le Patrimoine des Communes de Maine-et-Loire . Flohic Editions, Volume 2, Paris 2001, ISBN 2-84234-117-1 , pp. 1292-1294.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Decree DRCL / BCL / 2015-58 of the prefecture on the formation of the Commune nouvelle Chemillé-en-Anjou of September 24, 2015 ( Memento of the original of October 7, 2017 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. .
