Liré

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Liré
Liré
Coordinates: 47°20′39″N 1°09′47″W / 47.3442°N 1.1631°W / 47.3442; -1.1631Coordinates: 47°20′39″N 1°09′47″W / 47.3442°N 1.1631°W / 47.3442; -1.1631
Country France
Region Pays de la Loire
Department Maine-et-Loire
Arrondissement Cholet
Canton Champtoceaux
Intercommunality C.C. Canton of Champtoceaux
Government
  Mayor (20082014) Gilles Collin
Area
  Land1 31.81 km2 (12.28 sq mi)
Population (2006)[1]
  Population2 2,349
  Population2 Density 74/km2 (190/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code 49177 / 49530
Elevation 5–105 m (16–344 ft)
(avg. 48 m or 157 ft)
Website Site officiel de la mairie de Liré

1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

2 Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.

Liré is a commune in the Maine-et-Loire department in western France. It was the home of the sixteenth-century French poet Joachim du Bellay and is mentioned in his poem "Heureux qui, comme Ulysse, a fait un beau voyage".[2]

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References

  1. populations légales 2006 sur le site de l’INSEE
  2. Charles Baussan, L'Anjou (Arthaud: Paris, 1955), 218.
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