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Vihiers
Sign in to saveVihiers () 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.
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Place details
- Locality
- Lys-Haut-Layon
- Region
- Pays de la Loire
- Country
- France
- Population
- 4,118
- Timezone
- Europe/Paris
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Key facts
- French commune.name
- Vihiers
- French commune.image
- File:Coudraymonbault2.jpg
- French commune.image coat of arms
- Blason ville fr Vihiers (Maine-et-Loire).svg
- French commune.arrondissement
- Cholet
- French commune.canton
- Cholet-2
- French commune.type
- Delegated commune
- French commune.commune
- Lys-Haut-Layon
- French commune.INSEE
- 49373
- French commune.postal code
- 49310
- French commune.elevation min m
- 52
- French commune.elevation max m
- 211
- French commune.area km2
- 59.7
- French commune.population
- 2298
- French commune.population date
- 2022
- French commune.demonym
- Vihiersois, Vihiersoise
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- delegated commune
- Official name
- Vihiers
- Country
- France
- Located in
- arrondissement of Saumur
- Population
- 2338
- Area
- 59.7
- Elevation
- 98
- Time zone
- UTC+02:00
- Capital of
- canton of Vihiers
- Shares border with
- Melay
- Official website
- www.vihiers.fr
- Image
- Coudraymonbault2.jpg
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- Commons category
- Vihiers
- replaced by
- Lys-Haut-Layon
- dissolved, abolished or demolished date
- 2015-12-31
- postal code
- 49560
- associated electoral district
- canton of Cholet-2
- P8168
- Volkheimeria
- replaces
- Le Voide
- inception
- 1974-01-01
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Encyclopedic overview
6 sectionsContents
- Geography
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- Notable people
- See also
- References
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Vihiers () 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.
==Geography== 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.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Vihiers” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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