Breil, Maine-et-Loire explained

Breil
Arrondissement:Saumur
Canton:Beaufort-en-Vallée
Insee:49044
Postal Code:49490
Commune:Noyant-Villages
Coordinates:47.4756°N 0.1581°W
Elevation M:81
Elevation Min M:60
Elevation Max M:119
Area Km2:15.09
Population:250
Population Date:2019
Population Footnotes:[1]

Breil (in French pronounced as /bʁɛj/) is a former commune in the Maine-et-Loire department in western France. On 15 December 2016, it was merged into the new commune Noyant-Villages.[2] Breil's nearest town is Noyant (6 km).

Population

The inhabitants are known as Breillois.

Sights

Breil is most famous for its Chateau in the Parc du Lathan, where a major Fête de la Chasse (Hunting Fair) is held each August 15. Breil is near the Lac de Rillé, a lake stretching from Rillé to Gué Morin,a hamlet in Breil, where the River Lathan was dammed in 1978 principally for irrigating the valley of the Authion.

See also

Notes and References

  1. https://www.insee.fr/fr/statistiques/fichier/6011070/ensemble.pdf Téléchargement du fichier d'ensemble des populations légales en 2019
  2. https://www.legifrance.gouv.fr/eli/arrete/2016/12/7/INTB1636193A/jo/texte Arrêté préfectoral