Saint-Aubin-de-Luigné explained

Saint-Aubin-de-Luigné
Arrondissement:Angers
Canton:Chalonnes-sur-Loire
Insee:49265
Postal Code:49190
Commune:Val-du-Layon
Coordinates:47.3286°N -0.6661°W
Elevation M:20
Elevation Min M:12
Elevation Max M:104
Area Km2:15.19
Population:1256
Population Date:2019
Population Footnotes:[1]

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

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

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.[3]

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.[4]

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. http://www.maine-et-loire.gouv.fr/IMG/pdf/089-RAA_special_du_25_novembre_2015.pdf Arrêté préfectoral
  3. IGN et BRGM, Géoportail Saint-Aubin-de-Luigné (49), consulté le 7 mars 2015.
  4. 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.