Verrières-en-Anjou

Verrières-en-Anjou
region	Pays de la Loire
Department	Maine-et-Loire
Arrondissement	Angers
Canton	Angers-6
Community association	Angers Loire metropolis
Coordinates	47 ° 31 ′ N , 0 ° 28 ′ W Coordinates: 47 ° 31 ′ N , 0 ° 28 ′ W
height	17-53 m
surface	24.83 km 2
Residents	7,153 (January 1, 2017)
Population density	288 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code	49112, 49480
INSEE code	49323

Verrières-en-Anjou is a French municipality with 7153 inhabitants (as of January 1 2017) in the department of Maine-et-Loire in the region of Pays de la Loire . It is part of the Arrondissement of Angers and the Canton of Angers-6 . The inhabitants are called Verrois .

Verrières-en-Anjou was created as Commune nouvelle as part of a regional reform on January 1, 2016 through the merger of two former municipalities, Pellouailles-les-Vignes and Saint-Sylvain-d'Anjou , which are now districts of Verrières-en-Anjou ( Communes déléguées ). The administrative headquarters are in the locality of Saint-Sylvain-d'Anjou .

geography

Verrières-en-Anjou is about eight kilometers northeast of Angers . Verrières-en-Anjou is surrounded by the neighboring communities of Villevêque in the north and east, Le Plessis-Grammoire in the south-east, Saint-Barthélemy-d'Anjou in the south and Écouflant in the west and north-west.

The A11 car route runs through the municipality .

structure

District	former INSEE code	Area (km²)	Population (2017)
Pellouailles-les-Vignes	49238	03.57	2,459
Saint-Sylvain-d'Anjou (administrative headquarters)	49323	21.26	4,694

Attractions

Pellouailles-les-Vignes

Sainte-Émerance church

Saint-Sylvain-d'Anjou

Saint-Sylvain church
Motte (Wallburg) from around 990 with donjon
Écharbot Castle from the 17th century, with renovations from the 19th century, a monument historique since 1981

Perruches Castle from the 19th century

André Delibes Park

Amphitheater in the Angers Exhibition Park