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).
The inhabitants are known as Breillois.
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.