Vritz
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| local community | Vallons-de-l'Erdre | |
| region | Pays de la Loire | |
| Department | Loire-Atlantique | |
| Arrondissement | Châteaubriant-Ancenis | |
| Coordinates | 47 ° 35 ′ N , 1 ° 4 ′ W | |
| Post Code | 44540 | |
| Former INSEE code | 44219 | |
| Incorporation | 1st January 2018 | |
| status | Commune déléguée | |
| Website | http://www.pays-ancenis.fr/index.php?id=4413 | |
Vritz ( Breton : Gwerid ; Gallo : Veriz ) is a town and commune Déléguée in the French community Vallons de l'Erdre with 767 inhabitants (as of January 1 2017) in the department of Loire-Atlantique in the Region Pays de la Loire . The inhabitants are called Vritziens .
On January 1, 2018, Vritz was merged with Bonnœuvre , Maumusson , Saint-Mars-la-Jaille and Saint-Sulpice-des-Landes to form the commune nouvelle Vallons-de-l'Erdre. The municipality of Vritz belonged to the arrondissement of Châteaubriant-Ancenis and the canton of Ancenis (until 2015: canton of Saint-Mars-la-Jaille ).
geography
Vritz is located about 54 kilometers northeast of Nantes and about 40 kilometers west-northwest of Angers . Vritz is surrounded by the villages of Challain-la-Potherie in the north, Angrie in the east, Candé in the southeast, Freigné in the south and southwest and Le Pin in the west.
Population development
| year | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 | 2012 |
| Residents | 956 | 904 | 843 | 828 | 813 | 803 | 760 | 765 |
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Attractions
- Saint-Gervais-Saint-Protais church, built in 1887
- La Bouvraie castle from the 15th century
- La Ramée mansion
- La Tesserie mansion
Saint-Gervais-Saint-Protais church
La Tesserie mansion
literature
- Le Patrimoine des Communes de la Loire-Atlantique . Flohic Editions, Volume 2, Charenton-le-Pont 1999, ISBN 2-84234-040-X , pp. 1137-1139.
