Maine-et-Loire
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| Maine-et-Loire | |
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| Coat of Arms du Maine-et-Loire Details | |
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| [[D�partement|Number]] | 49 |
| Region | Pays-de-la-Loire |
| Prefecture | Angers |
| Subprefecture | Cholet Saumur [[Segr�]] |
| Population | [[List of French d�partements by population|Ranked 26th]]
XX /km� |
| Area | 7,166 km� |
| Arrondissements | 4 |
| Cantons | 41 |
| Communes | [[communes of the Maine-et-Loire d�partement|363]] |
| President of the general council | XX |
| Location | |
| Image:DPT49.png | |
Maine-et-Loire is a [[d�partement]] in west central France, which was formed mainly from the former province of Anjou.
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Administration
History
Geography
Maine-et-Loire has a varied landscape with forested ranges of hills in the south and north, separated by the valley of the Loire. The highest point is Colline des Gardes (689 feet/210m).
The area has many navigable rivers such as the Loire, Sarthe, Mayenne, Loir, and Authion.
Economy
Demographics
Culture
Miscellaneous topics
External link
- Conseil G�n�ral's website (In French)
[[D�partement|French d�partements]]:
01|02|03|04|05|06|[[Ard�che|07]]|[[Ardennes (d�partement)|08]]|[[Ari�ge|09]]|10|11|12|[[Bouches-du-Rh�ne|13]]|14|15|16|17|[[Cher (d�partement)|18]]|[[Corr�ze|19]]|2A|2B|[[C�te-d'Or|21]]|[[C�tes-d'Armor|22]]|23|24|25 [[Dr�me|26]]|27|28|[[Finist�re|29]]|30|31|32|33|[[H�rault|34]]|35|36|37|[[Is�re|38]]|[[Jura (d�partement)|39]]|40|41|42|43|44|45|[[Lot (d�partement)|46]]|47|[[Loz�re|48]]49|50 51|52|53|54||55|56|57|[[Ni�vre|58]]|59|60|61|62|[[Puy-de-D�me|63]]|[[Pyr�n�es-Atlantiques|64]]|[[Hautes-Pyr�n�es|65]]|[[Pyr�n�es-Orientales|66]]|67|68|[[Rh�ne (d�partement)|69]]|[[Haute-Sa�ne|70]]|[[Sa�ne-et-Loire|71]]|72|73|74|75 76|77|78|[[Deux-S�vres|79]]|80|81|82|83|84|[[Vend�e|85]]|[[Vienne (d�partement)|86]]|87|88|89|90|91|92|93|94|95
[[D�partement d'outre-mer|D�partements d'outre-mer]]: 971|972|973|[[R�union|974]]
France | Administrative divisions of France | French r�gions | French d�partements | French arrondissements | French cantons | French communes
References
- Adapted from the Wikipedia article, "Maine-et-Loire" http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maine-et-Loire, used under the GNU Free Documentation License
