| Vihiers | |
| Image Coat Of Arms: | Blason ville fr Vihiers (Maine-et-Loire).svg |
| Arrondissement: | Cholet |
| Canton: | Cholet-2 |
| Type: | Delegated commune |
| Commune: | Lys-Haut-Layon |
| Insee: | 49373 |
| Postal Code: | 49310 |
| Coordinates: | 47.1472°N -0.5325°W |
| Elevation Min M: | 52 |
| Elevation Max M: | 211 |
| Area Km2: | 59.7 |
| Population: | 2317 |
| Population Date: | 2019 |
| Population Footnotes: | [1] |
| Demonym: | Vihiersois, Vihiersoise |
Vihiers (in French pronounced as /vije/) is a former commune in the Maine-et-Loire department in western France. On 1 January 2016, it was merged into the new commune of Lys-Haut-Layon.[2]
Vihiers is around 30 km south of Angers, around 30 km northeast of Cholet, and around 80 km east of Nantes. Main road D960 skirts the village. Public transport is provided by the regional bus company Aléop (services to Angers, Cholet and Saumur) and the local bus company Choletbus.[3]
In January 1974 the former communes of Saint-Hilaire-du-Bois and Le Voide were merged into the commune of Vihiers.[4] [5] At the creation of the commune nouvelle of Lys-Haut-Layon in 2016, the three former communes Vihiers, Saint-Hilaire-du-Bois and Le Voide became delegated communes.[2]