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Saint-Aubin-de-Luigné

Coordinates: 47°19′43″N 0°39′58″W / 47.3286°N 0.6661°W / 47.3286; -0.6661
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Saint-Aubin-de-Luigné
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Saint-Aubin-de-Luigné is located in France
Saint-Aubin-de-Luigné
Saint-Aubin-de-Luigné
Saint-Aubin-de-Luigné is located in Pays de la Loire
Saint-Aubin-de-Luigné
Saint-Aubin-de-Luigné
Coordinates: 47°19′43″N 0°39′58″W / 47.3286°N 0.6661°W / 47.3286; -0.6661
CountryFrance
RegionPays de la Loire
DepartmentMaine-et-Loire
ArrondissementAngers
CantonChalonnes-sur-Loire
CommuneVal-du-Layon
Area
1
15.19 km2 (5.86 sq mi)
Population
 (2019)[1]
1,256
 • Density83/km2 (210/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal code
49190
Elevation12–104 m (39–341 ft)
(avg. 20 m or 66 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Saint-Aubin-de-Luigné (French pronunciation: [sɛ̃.t‿obɛ̃ lɥiɲe] ) is a former commune in the Maine-et-Loire department in western France.[2] On 31 December 2015, it was merged into the new commune Val-du-Layon.[3]

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

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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.[4]

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.[5]

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References

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  1. ^ Téléchargement du fichier d'ensemble des populations légales en 2019, INSEE
  2. ^ Des villages de Cassini aux communes d'aujourd'hui: Commune data sheet Saint-Aubin-de-Luigné, EHESS (in French).
  3. ^ Arrêté préfectoral, 25 November 2015 (in French)
  4. ^ IGN et BRGM, Géoportail Saint-Aubin-de-Luigné (49), consulté le 7 mars 2015.
  5. ^ 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.