Arrondissement of Angers

The arrondissement of Angers is an arrondissement of France in the Maine-et-Loire department in the Pays de la Loire region. It has 66 communes.^[2] Its population is 380,215 (2016), and its area is 1,740.7 km² (672.1 sq mi).^[3]

Angers
Arrondissement
Location within the region Pays de la Loire
Country	France
Region	Pays de la Loire
Department	Maine-et-Loire
No. of communes	66
Prefecture	Angers
Area	1,740.7 km2 (672.1 sq mi)
Population  (2021)[1]	394,256
• Density	226/km2 (590/sq mi)
INSEE code	491

Composition

The communes of the arrondissement of Angers, and their INSEE codes, are:^[2]

1. Angers (49007)
2. Aubigné-sur-Layon (49012)
3. Avrillé (49015)
4. Baracé (49017)
5. Beaucouzé (49020)
6. Beaulieu-sur-Layon (49022)
7. Béhuard (49028)
8. Bellevigne-en-Layon (49345)
9. Blaison-Saint-Sulpice (49029)
10. Bouchemaine (49035)
11. Briollay (49048)
12. Brissac Loire Aubance (49050)
13. Cantenay-Épinard (49055)
14. Chalonnes-sur-Loire (49063)
15. Champtocé-sur-Loire (49068)
16. La Chapelle-Saint-Laud (49076)
17. Chaudefonds-sur-Layon (49082)
18. Cheffes (49090)
19. Cornillé-les-Caves (49107)
20. Corzé (49110)
21. Denée (49120)
22. Durtal (49127)
23. Écouflant (49129)
24. Écuillé (49130)
25. Étriché (49132)
26. Feneu (49135)
27. Les Garennes sur Loire (49167)
28. Huillé-Lézigné (49174)
29. Ingrandes-Le Fresne sur Loire (49160)
30. Jarzé-Villages (49163)
31. Loire-Authion (49307)
32. Longuenée-en-Anjou (49200)
33. Marcé (49188)
34. Montigné-lès-Rairies (49209)
35. Montreuil-Juigné (49214)
36. Montreuil-sur-Loir (49216)
37. Morannes sur Sarthe-Daumeray (49220)
38. Mozé-sur-Louet (49222)
39. Mûrs-Erigné (49223)
40. Le Plessis-Grammoire (49241)
41. Les Ponts-de-Cé (49246)
42. La Possonnière (49247)
43. Les Rairies (49257)
44. Rives-du-Loir-en-Anjou (49377)
45. Rochefort-sur-Loire (49259)
46. Saint-Barthélemy-d'Anjou (49267)
47. Saint-Clément-de-la-Place (49271)
48. Sainte-Gemmes-sur-Loire (49278)
49. Saint-Georges-sur-Loire (49283)
50. Saint-Germain-des-Prés (49284)
51. Saint-Jean-de-la-Croix (49288)
52. Saint-Lambert-la-Potherie (49294)
53. Saint-Léger-de-Linières (49298)
54. Saint-Martin-du-Fouilloux (49306)
55. Saint-Melaine-sur-Aubance (49308)
56. Sarrigné (49326)
57. Savennières (49329)
58. Seiches-sur-le-Loir (49333)
59. Sermaise (49334)
60. Soulaines-sur-Aubance (49338)
61. Soulaire-et-Bourg (49339)
62. Terranjou (49086)
63. Tiercé (49347)
64. Trélazé (49353)
65. Val-du-Layon (49292)
66. Verrières-en-Anjou (49323)

History

The arrondissement of Angers was created in 1800.^[4] At the January 2017 reorganisation of the arrondissements of Maine-et-Loire, it gained two communes from the arrondissement of Saumur, and it lost four communes to the arrondissement of Saumur and four communes to the arrondissement of Segré.^[5]

As a result of the reorganisation of the cantons of France which came into effect in 2015, the borders of the cantons are no longer related to the borders of the arrondissements. The cantons of the arrondissement of Angers were, as of January 2015:^[6]

1. Angers-Centre
2. Angers-Est
3. Angers-Nord
4. Angers-Nord-Est
5. Angers-Nord-Ouest
6. Angers-Ouest
7. Angers-Sud
8. Angers-Trélazé
9. Beaufort-en-Vallée
10. Chalonnes-sur-Loire
11. Durtal
12. Le Louroux-Béconnais
13. Les Ponts-de-Cé
14. Saint-Georges-sur-Loire
15. Seiches-sur-le-Loir
16. Thouarcé
17. Tiercé

References

1. "Téléchargement du fichier d'ensemble des populations légales en 2021" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
2. "Arrondissement d'Angers (491)". INSEE. Retrieved 2019-10-01.
3. "Comparateur de territoire, géographie au 01/01/2019". INSEE. Retrieved 2019-10-01.
4. Historique de Maine-et-Loire
5. "Arrêté préfectoral, 27 December 2016" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2017-06-10. Retrieved 2019-10-22.
6. Populations légales 2012: 49 Maine-et-Loire, INSEE

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