Chemillé-en-Anjou

Chemillé-en-Anjou
Commune
The church in Chemillé-en-Anjou
The church in Chemillé-en-Anjou
Location of Chemillé-en-Anjou
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Chemillé-en-Anjou is located in France
Chemillé-en-Anjou
Chemillé-en-Anjou
Chemillé-en-Anjou is located in Pays de la Loire
Chemillé-en-Anjou
Chemillé-en-Anjou
Coordinates: 47°12′36″N 0°43′43″W / 47.21°N 0.7286°W / 47.21; -0.7286
CountryFrance
RegionPays de la Loire
DepartmentMaine-et-Loire
ArrondissementCholet
CantonChemillé-en-Anjou
IntercommunalityMauges Communauté
Government
 • Mayor (2020–2026) Hervé Martin[1]
Area
1
323.98 km2 (125.09 sq mi)
Population
 (2022)[2]
21,550
 • Density67/km2 (170/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code
49092 /49120, 49310, 49670, 49750
Elevation19–216 m (62–709 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Chemillé-en-Anjou (French pronunciation: [ʃəmije ɑ̃.n‿ɑ̃ʒu] ⓘ, literally Chemillé in Anjou) is a commune in the Maine-et-Loire department of western France. Chemillé is the municipal seat.

History

The commune was established on 15 December 2015 by the merger of the former communes of Chanzeaux, La Chapelle-Rousselin, Chemillé-Melay, Cossé-d'Anjou, La Jumellière, Neuvy-en-Mauges, Sainte-Christine, Saint-Georges-des-Gardes, Saint-Lézin, La Salle-de-Vihiers, La Tourlandry and Valanjou.[3] Chemillé-Melay had been formed in January 2013 by the merger of the former communes of Chemillé and Melay.[4]

The commune of Chemillé had a small fortified castle, that was destroyed in the late 1500s on order of the governor of Britain.[5]

Population

Historical population
YearPop.±% p.a.
1968 15,794—    
1975 15,950+0.14%
1982 17,098+1.00%
1990 17,949+0.61%
1999 18,037+0.05%
2007 20,272+1.47%
2012 21,114+0.82%
2017 21,392+0.26%
Populations of the area corresponding with the commune of Chemillé-en-Anjou at 1 January 2020, INSEE[6]

See also

References

  1. ^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 13 September 2022.
  2. ^ "Populations de référence 2022" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 19 December 2024.
  3. ^ Arrêté préfectoral 24 September 2015 (in French)
  4. ^ Arrêté préfectoral 12 November 2012 (in French)
  5. ^ Bouyer, Victor (2007). Histoire et petites histoires de Chemillé en Anjou (in French). Maulévrier: Hérault. p. 17. ISBN 978-2-7407-0232-1.
  6. ^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE
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