Vaudelnay
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| region | Pays de la Loire | |
| Department | Maine-et-Loire | |
| Arrondissement | Saumur | |
| Canton | Doué-la-Fontaine | |
| Community association | Saumur Val de Loire | |
| Coordinates | 47 ° 8 ′ N , 0 ° 12 ′ W | |
| height | 31-104 m | |
| surface | 25.48 km 2 | |
| Residents | 1,143 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 45 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 49260 | |
| INSEE code | 49364 | |
Vaudelnay is a French commune with 1,143 inhabitants (as of January 1 2017) in the department of Maine-et-Loire in the region of Pays de la Loire . The municipality belongs to the Arrondissement of Saumur and the canton of Doué-la-Fontaine (until 2015: Canton of Montreuil-Bellay ). The inhabitants are called Vaudelnaisiens .
location
Vaudelnay is about 20 kilometers southwest of Saumur . The Thouet limits the municipality in the southeast. Vaudelnay is surrounded by the neighboring communities of Brossay and Cizay-la-Madeleine in the north, Montreuil-Bellay in the east, Le Puy-Notre-Dame in the south and Doué-en-Anjou in the west and northwest.
Population development
| year | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 | 2017 |
| Residents | 1113 | 1083 | 898 | 1005 | 1037 | 1058 | 1183 | 1143 |
| Sources: Cassini and INSEE | ||||||||
Attractions
See also: List of Monuments historiques in Vaudelnay
- Menhir of Le Grésil, Monument historique since 1967
- Saint-Pierre church, Monument historique since 2007
Personalities
- François Cevert (1944–1973), racing car driver, buried here
literature
- Le Patrimoine des Communes de Maine-et-Loire . Flohic Editions, Volume 2, Paris 2001, ISBN 2-84234-117-1 , pp. 856-857.
Web links
Commons : Vaudelnay - collection of images, videos and audio files
