Tigné | |
Arrondissement: | Cholet |
Canton: | Cholet-2 |
Commune: | Lys-Haut-Layon |
Insee: | 49348 |
Postal Code: | 49540 |
Coordinates: | 47.2014°N -0.4272°W |
Elevation M: | 59 |
Elevation Min M: | 37 |
Elevation Max M: | 98 |
Area Km2: | 16.78 |
Population: | 728 |
Population Date: | 2019 |
Population Footnotes: | [1] |
Demonym: | Tignéen, Tignéenne |
Tigné (in French pronounced as /tiɲe/) is a small village, administratively a former commune, in the Maine-et-Loire department in western France. On January 1, 2016 it became a delegated commune within the new commune of Lys-Haut-Layon.[2] Wines produced in the commune carry the protected name Coteaux-du-Layon.
The commune is traversed by the river Layon on its north side. The river creates a natural boundary with the neighboring village, Martigné-Briand. It is located in the "Couloir du Layon", a geographical area composed of winelands along the Layon river, a tributary of the Loire. Attached administratively to Saumur, Tigné borders the Pays des Mauges and the Saumurois.
The village currently has about 770 inhabitants.
Buildings in Tigné classified as Historical Monuments:
Other buildings of historical and cultural interest: