Vauchrétien
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| local community | Brissac Loire Aubance | |
| region | Pays de la Loire | |
| Department | Maine-et-Loire | |
| Arrondissement | Angers | |
| Coordinates | 47 ° 13 ′ N , 0 ° 36 ′ W | |
| Post Code | 49670 | |
| Former INSEE code | 49363 | |
| Incorporation | 15th December 2016 | |
| status | Commune déléguée | |
| Website | http://www.vauchretien.fr/ | |
Vauchrétien is a town and commune Déléguée in the French commune of Brissac Loire Aubance with 1,491 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 Valchristinois .
The municipality of Vauchrétien was founded on December 15, 2016 with nine other municipalities, namely Brissac-Quincé , Charcé-Saint-Ellier-sur-Aubance , Chemellier , Coutures , Luigné , Saint-Rémy-la-Varenne , Saint-Saturnin-sur-Loire , Saulgé-l'Hôpital and Les Alleuds merged to form the new municipality of Brissac Loire Aubance. It belonged to the Arrondissement of Angers and the canton of Les Ponts-de-Cé (until 2015: canton Thouarcé ).
geography
Vauchrétien is located about 28 kilometers south of Angers in the Anjou wine-growing region . The municipality of Vauchrétien was surrounded by the neighboring municipalities of Saint-Melaine-sur-Aubance in the north, Saint-Jean-des-Mauvrets in the north and northeast, Brissac-Quincé in the east, Notre-Dame-d'Allençon in the southeast, Faye-d ' Anjou to the south and south-west and Soulaines-sur-Aubance to the west and north-west.
Population development
| year | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 | 2013 |
| Residents | 690 | 618 | 614 | 813 | 1,198 | 1,395 | 1,558 | 1,497 |
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Attractions
- Rectory from the 15th century
Viticulture
The place belongs to the Anjou wine region .
literature
- Le Patrimoine des Communes de Maine-et-Loire . Flohic Editions, Volume 2, Paris 2001, ISBN 2-84234-117-1 , pp. 1295-1296.
