Saint-André-de-la-Marche

Part of Sèvremoine in Pays de la Loire, France

Location of Saint-André-de-la-Marche

47°06′03″N 0°59′38″W / 47.1008°N 0.9939°W / 47.1008; -0.9939CountryFranceRegionPays de la LoireDepartmentMaine-et-LoireArrondissementCholetCantonSaint-Macaire-en-MaugesCommuneSèvremoine Area

11.03 km² (4.26 sq mi)Population

(2019)^[1]

2,909 • Density260/km² (680/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)Postal code

49450

Elevation80 m (260 ft)¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Saint-André-de-la-Marche (French pronunciation: [sɛ̃.t‿ɑ̃dʁe də la maʁʃ] ^ⓘ) is a former commune in the Maine-et-Loire department in western France.^[2]

History

On 15 December 2015, Le Longeron, Montfaucon-Montigné, La Renaudière, Roussay, Saint-André-de-la-Marche, Saint-Crespin-sur-Moine, Saint-Germain-sur-Moine, Saint-Macaire-en-Mauges, Tillières and Torfou merged, becoming one commune called Sèvremoine.

The Musée des Métiers de la Chaussure de Saint-André-de-la-Marche (Maine-et-Loire, France) is a museum about the manufacture of shoes, founded in 1995 and located in a 1919 factory.

External links

Web pages of Saint-André-de-la-Marche

References

^ Téléchargement du fichier d'ensemble des populations légales en 2019, INSEE
^ Des villages de Cassini aux communes d'aujourd'hui: Commune data sheet Saint-André-de-la-Marche, EHESS (in French).