Vernantes

Vernantes
region	Pays de la Loire
Department	Maine-et-Loire
Arrondissement	Saumur
Canton	Longué jumelles
Community association	Saumur Val de Loire
Coordinates	47 ° 24 '  N , 0 ° 3'  E Coordinates: 47 ° 24 '  N , 0 ° 3'  E
height	33-111 m
surface	40.77 km 2
Residents	1,997 (January 1, 2017)
Population density	49 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code	49390
INSEE code	49368
Website	http://www.vernantes.mairie49.fr/

Vernantes is a French commune with a population of 1,997 (as at 1st January 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 Longué-Jumelles . The inhabitants are called Vernantais .

geography

Vernantes is about 17 kilometers north-northeast of Saumur in the Baugeois . Vernantes is surrounded by the neighboring communities of Mouliherne in the north, Noyant-Villages in the northeast, Vernoil-le-Fourrier in the east, La Breille-les-Pins in the south and southeast, Neuillé in the southwest, Blou in the west and southwest and Saint-Philbert-du -Peuple to the west.

Population development

year	1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999	2006	2013
Residents	1,721	1,808	1,715	1,696	1,749	1,852	1,856	1,975
Source: Cassini and INSEE

Attractions

See also: List of the Monuments historiques in Vernantes

• Former Notre-Dame church, now the town hall, since 1964 Monument historique
• Le Loroux Monastery , Cistercian abbey from 1121, closed in 1790
• Jalesne Castle, built in the early 17th century

Former Notre-Dame church, today's town hall

literature

• Le Patrimoine des Communes de Maine-et-Loire . Flohic Editions, Volume 2, Paris 2001, ISBN 2-84234-117-1 , pp. 766-770.

Web links

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