Villevêque
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| local community | Rives-du-Loir-en-Anjou | |
| region | Pays de la Loire | |
| Department | Maine-et-Loire | |
| Arrondissement | Angers | |
| Coordinates | 47 ° 34 ′ N , 0 ° 25 ′ W | |
| Post Code | 49140 | |
| Former INSEE code | 49377 | |
| Incorporation | 1st January 2019 | |
| status | Commune déléguée | |
| Website | http://www.villeveque.fr/ | |
Villevêque is a town and commune Déléguée in the French municipality of Rives-du-Loir-en-Anjou with 2,990 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 Villevêquois (es) .
geography
Villevêque is located about 15 kilometers northwest of Angers in the Anjou wine-growing region on the Loir River . The municipality of Villevêque was surrounded by the neighboring municipalities of Soucelles in the north, Corzé in the east, Sarrigné and Loire-Authion in the southeast, Le Plessis-Grammoire and Verrières-en-Anjou in the south, Écouflant in the southwest and Briollay in the west.
history
Villevêque (derived from the French ville d'évêque, lat. Villa episcopi , the name of the place in 1259, means: house of the bishop ) was the residence of the bishops of Angers.
The municipality of Villevêque merged with Soucelles to form the Commune nouvelle Rives-du-Loir-en-Anjou on January 1, 2019 . Since then it has had the status of a Commune déléguée. The municipality of Villevêque belonged to the Arrondissement of Angers and was part of the canton of Angers-6 (until 2015: Angers-Nord-Est ).
Population development
| 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 | 2011 |
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| 1,330 | 1.317 | 1,701 | 2,207 | 2,432 | 2,607 | 2,722 | 2,845 |
Attractions
See also: List of Monuments historiques in Rives-du-Loir-en-Anjou
- Saint-Pierre-Saint-Paul church, built in the 11th century, monument historique since 1972
- Villevêque Castle , built in the 12th century, today a museum with a public castle park
- Villevêque Mills
Viticulture
The place belongs to the Anjou wine region .
literature
- Le Patrimoine des Communes de Maine-et-Loire . Flohic Editions, Volume 1, Paris 2001, ISBN 2-84234-117-1 , pp. 210-211.
