Breil, Maine-et-Loire

Breil
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Location of Breil
Breil is located in France
Breil
Breil
Breil is located in Pays de la Loire
Breil
Breil
Coordinates: 47°28′32″N 0°09′29″E / 47.4756°N 0.1581°E / 47.4756; 0.1581
CountryFrance
RegionPays de la Loire
DepartmentMaine-et-Loire
ArrondissementSaumur
CantonBeaufort-en-Vallée
CommuneNoyant-Villages
Area
1
15.09 km2 (5.83 sq mi)
Population
 (2022)[1]
240
 • Density16/km2 (41/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal code
49490
Elevation60–119 m (197–390 ft)
(avg. 81 m or 266 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Breil (French pronunciation: [bʁɛj] ) 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

References

  1. ^ "Populations de référence 2022" [Reference populations 2022] (PDF) (in French). INSEE. December 2024.
  2. ^ Arrêté préfectoral 7 December 2016 (in French)