Breil, Maine-et-Loire explained

Breil
Arrondissement:Saumur
Canton:Beaufort-en-Vallée
Insee:49044
Postal Code:49490
Commune:Noyant-Villages
Coordinates:47.4756°N 0.1581°W
Elevation M:81
Elevation Min M:60
Elevation Max M:119
Area Km2:15.09
Population:250
Population Date:2019
Population Footnotes:[1]

Breil (pronounced as /fr/) is a former commune in the Maine-et-Loire department in western France. On 15 December 2016, it was merged into the new commune Noyant-Villages.[2] Breil's nearest town is Noyant (6 km).

Population

The inhabitants are known as Breillois.

Sights

Breil is most famous for its Chateau in the Parc du Lathan, where a major Fête de la Chasse (Hunting Fair) was held each August 15. Breil is near the Lac de Rillé, a lake stretching from Rillé to Gué Morin, a hamlet in Breil, where the River Lathan was dammed in 1978 principally for irrigating the valley of the Authion.

See also

Notes and References

  1. https://www.insee.fr/fr/statistiques/fichier/6011070/ensemble.pdf Téléchargement du fichier d'ensemble des populations légales en 2019
  2. https://www.legifrance.gouv.fr/eli/arrete/2016/12/7/INTB1636193A/jo/texte Arrêté préfectoral