Saint-Aubin-de-Luigné

Saint-Aubin-de-Luigné (French pronunciation: [sɛ̃.t‿obɛ̃ lɥiɲe] ) is a former commune in the Maine-et-Loire department in western France.[2] On 31 December 2015, it was merged into the new commune Val-du-Layon.[3]

Saint-Aubin-de-Luigné
Location of Saint-Aubin-de-Luigné
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Saint-Aubin-de-Luigné is located in France
Saint-Aubin-de-Luigné
Saint-Aubin-de-Luigné
Saint-Aubin-de-Luigné is located in Pays de la Loire
Saint-Aubin-de-Luigné
Saint-Aubin-de-Luigné
Coordinates: 47°19′43″N 0°39′58″W / 47.3286°N 0.6661°W / 47.3286; -0.6661
CountryFrance
RegionPays de la Loire
DepartmentMaine-et-Loire
ArrondissementAngers
CantonChalonnes-sur-Loire
CommuneVal-du-Layon
Area
1
15.19 km2 (5.86 sq mi)
Population
 (2019)[1]
1,256
 • Density83/km2 (210/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal code
49190
Elevation12–104 m (39–341 ft)
(avg. 20 m or 66 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

This rural village, located in the deep valley of Layon and in the Loire Valley, is classified as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. It has an important mining past linked to the exploitation of the Lower Loire Coal Basin.

A wine-growing town, its territory is located in the Coteaux du Layon appellation (AOC).

Geography edit

This Angevin village in the west of France, is located on the northern border of the Mauges on the way from Chaudefonds-sur-Layon to Rochefort-sur-Loire.[4]

The territory of the Mauges is a small area that covers part of southwest Maine-et-Loire bounded by the waterways of the Loire in the north and the Layon in the east.[5]

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ Téléchargement du fichier d'ensemble des populations légales en 2019, INSEE
  2. ^ Des villages de Cassini aux communes d'aujourd'hui: Commune data sheet Saint-Aubin-de-Luigné, EHESS (in French).
  3. ^ Arrêté préfectoral, 25 November 2015 (in French)
  4. ^ IGN et BRGM, Géoportail Saint-Aubin-de-Luigné (49), consulté le 7 mars 2015.
  5. ^ Louis Poirier, Essai sur la morphologie de l'Anjou méridional (Mauges et Saumurois), Annales de Géographie, 1935, t.44, no. 251, p. 474 — Voir Mauges.