Ombrée-d'Anjou (Municipality, Maine-et-Loire, France)

Last modified: 2021-07-16 by ivan sache
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Flag of Ombrée-d'Anjou - Image by Olivier Touzeau, 22 April 2021

• Presentation of Ombrée-d'Anjou
• Flag of Ombrée-d'Anjou
• Formr municipalities
  • Pouancé

See also:

• France
• Maine-et-Loire (Department, France)

Presentation of Ombrée-d'Anjou

The municipality of Ombrée-d'Anjou (8,962 inhabitants in 2018; 20,216 ha) was established on 15 December 2016 as the merger of the former municipalities of La Chapelle-Hullin, Chazé-Henry, Combrée, Grugé-l'Hôpital, Noëllet, Pouancé, La Prévière, Saint-Michel-et-Chanveaux, Le Tremblay, and Vergonnes.

Olivier Touzeau, 22 April 2021

Flag of Ombrée-d'Anjou

The flag of Champigné (photo, photo) is white with the municipal logo.

Olivier Touzeau, 22 April 2021

Former municipalities

Pouancé

Flag of Pouancé - Image by Olivier Touzeau, 22 April 2021

The flag of Pouancé (photo) was white with the municipal logo, which featured the medieval castle of Pouancé.
Defending the western border of Anjou against Brittany, Pouancé is nicknamed the "second castle of Anjou" because of its size, which is just less that of the castle of Angers. It belonged to the Breton march, facing the Breton castle of hâteaubriant. Situated in a location which was fortified in the 11th century, the castle was built between the 12th and 15th centuries. Besieged several times during the Hundred Years' War, it became a strategic fortress at the end of the 15th century. Ruined during the 16th century and completely abandoned since the 18th, it was saved from destruction when Louis Bessièèe, a inhabitant of Pouancé, decided to restore it in the 1960s.

Olivier Touzeau, 22 April 2021