Rablay-sur-Layon

Rablay-sur-Layon

The Layon at Rablay-sur-Layon
Rablay-sur-Layon

Coordinates: 47°17′45″N 0°34′31″W / 47.2958°N 0.5753°W / 47.2958; -0.5753Coordinates: 47°17′45″N 0°34′31″W / 47.2958°N 0.5753°W / 47.2958; -0.5753
Country France
Region Pays de la Loire
Department Maine-et-Loire
Arrondissement Angers
Canton Chemillé-Melay
Intercommunality Communauté de communes des Coteaux-du-Layon
Government
  Mayor (20082014) Gérard Thareau
Area1 7.44 km2 (2.87 sq mi)
Population (2005)2 703
  Density 94/km2 (240/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code 49256 / 49750
Elevation 20–89 m (66–292 ft)
Website Site officiel de la commune de Rablay-sur-Layon

1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

2 Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.

Rablay-sur-Layon (/ra.blε.syr.lε.jɔ̃/) is a former commune in the Maine-et-Loire department in western France. On 1 January 2016, it was merged into the new commune of Bellevigne-en-Layon.[1]

Geography

The commune is traversed by the river Layon.

See also

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References

  1. Arrêté préfectoral 2 November 2015


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