Bellevigne-les-Châteaux

Bellevigne-les-Châteaux
Commune
Coat of arms
Location of Bellevigne-les-Châteaux
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Coordinates: 47°12′56″N 0°04′06″W
Country	France
Region	Pays de la Loire
Department	Maine-et-Loire
Arrondissement	Saumur
Canton	Doué-en-Anjou
Intercommunality	CA Saumur Val de Loire
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Armel Froger[1]
Area ^1	35.10 km^2 (13.55 sq mi)
Population  (2021)[2]	3,463
• Density	99/km^2 (260/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	49060 /49400
Elevation	25–104 m (82–341 ft)
^1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km^2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Bellevigne-les-Châteaux (French pronunciation: [bɛlviɲ le ʃato] ^ⓘ) is a commune in the Maine-et-Loire department in western France. It was established on 1 January 2019 by merger of the former communes of Chacé (the seat), Brézé and Saint-Cyr-en-Bourg.^[3]

Population

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1968	2,445	—
1975	2,715	+1.51%
1982	3,449	+3.48%
1990	3,830	+1.32%
1999	3,678	−0.45%
2007	3,554	−0.43%
2012	3,589	+0.20%
2017	3,520	−0.39%
Source: INSEE[4]

See also

• Communes of the Maine-et-Loire department

References

1. "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 13 September 2022.
2. "Populations légales 2021" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
3. Arrêté préfectoral 20 September 2018 (in French)
4. Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE