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Vihiers

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Country
  
France

Department
  
Maine-et-Loire

Population (2006)
  
4,125

Arrondissement
  
Saumur

Region
  
Pays de la Loire

Canton
  
Cholet-2

Area
  
59.7 km²

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Intercommunality
  
Communauté de communes du Vihiersois-Haut-Layon

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.

Contents

Map of 49310 Vihiers, France

Geography

Vihiers is around 30 km south of Angers, around 30 km northeast of Cholet, and around 80 km east of Nantes.

Transport

Main road D960 skirts the village. Local bus company Anjou bus runs occasional services from Angers.

Notable people

  • Henry Nicollon des Abbayes (1898-1974), professor of botany who was an authority on lichens, and also undertook a noted study of the flora of Brittany, was born in Vihiers.

    • References

    Vihiers Wikipedia
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