Thouarcé

Thouarcé
Thouarcé

Coordinates: 47°16′04″N 0°29′55″W / 47.2678°N 0.4986°W / 47.2678; -0.4986Coordinates: 47°16′04″N 0°29′55″W / 47.2678°N 0.4986°W / 47.2678; -0.4986
Country France
Region Pays de la Loire
Department Maine-et-Loire
Arrondissement Angers
Canton Chemillé-Melay
Intercommunality C. C. des Coteaux-du-Layon
Government
  Mayor (20082014) Jean-Yves Le Bars
Area1 18.74 km2 (7.24 sq mi)
Population (2006)2 1,789
  Density 95/km2 (250/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code 49345 / 49380
Elevation 23–98 m (75–322 ft)
(avg. 74 m or 243 ft)
Website Site officiel de la mairie de Thouarcé

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.

Thouarcé (/tuar.se/) 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

References

  1. Arrêté préfectoral 2 November 2015
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