Saint-Macaire-en-Mauges

Part of Sèvremoine in Pays de la Loire, France

Location of Saint-Macaire-en-Mauges

47°07′28″N 0°59′26″W / 47.1244°N 0.9906°W / 47.1244; -0.9906CountryFranceRegionPays de la LoireDepartmentMaine-et-LoireArrondissementCholetCantonSaint-Macaire-en-Mauges (chef-lieu)CommuneSèvremoine Area

27.59 km² (10.65 sq mi)Population

(2019)^[1]

6,967 • Density250/km² (650/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)Postal code

49450

Elevation108 m (354 ft)¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Saint-Macaire-en-Mauges (French pronunciation: [sɛ̃ makɛʁ ɑ̃ moːʒ] ^ⓘ) is a former commune in the Maine-et-Loire department in western France.^[2] Since 2015, it is the seat of the commune of Sèvremoine.

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.

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-Macaire-en-Mauges, EHESS (in French).