Villedieu-la-Blouère
| Villedieu-la-Blouère | ||
|---|---|---|
.svg)
|
|
|
| local community | Beaupréau-en-Mauges | |
| region | Pays de la Loire | |
| Department | Maine-et-Loire | |
| Arrondissement | Cholet | |
| Coordinates | 47 ° 9 ′ N , 1 ° 4 ′ W | |
| Post Code | 49450 | |
| Former INSEE code | 49375 | |
| Incorporation | December 15, 2015 | |
| status | Commune déléguée | |
 Saint-Christoph church |
||
Villedieu-la-Blouère is a village and a former French commune with 2,590 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 Beaupréau . The inhabitants are called Théopolitains .
With effect from December 15, 2015, the municipalities of Beaupréau , Andrezé , La Chapelle-du-Genêt , Gesté , Jallais , La Jubaudière , Le Pin-en-Mauges , La Poitevinière , Saint-Philbert-en-Mauges and Villedieu-la- Blouère merged from the former Communauté de communes du Center-Mauges to form a Commune nouvelle with the name Beaupréau-en-Mauges . The formerly independent municipalities have the status of a Commune déléguée in the new municipality . The administrative seat is in Beaupréau.
location
Villedieu-la-Blouère is located about 16 kilometers northwest of Cholet in the Mauges countryside .
history
The former parish consisted of the two villages of Villedieu and La Blouère . A castle complex was built in Villedieu by the Order of St. John.
Population development
| year | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 | 2012 |
| Residents | 1,658 | 1,790 | 1,922 | 2,104 | 2,193 | 2,102 | 2,248 | 2,483 |
| Source: Cassini and INSEE | ||||||||
Attractions
- Saint-Jean de Baptiste church in Villedieu from 1860
- Saint-Christophe church in La Blouère from 1860
- priory
- Saint Joseph Chapel
literature
- Le Patrimoine des Communes de Maine-et-Loire . Flohic Editions, Volume 1, Paris 2001, ISBN 2-84234-117-1 , pp. 344-346.
