Erdre-en-Anjou

Erdre-en-Anjou
Commune
The town hall of Brain-sur-Longuenée
Location of Erdre-en-Anjou
Erdre-en-Anjou Show map of France Erdre-en-Anjou Show map of Pays de la Loire
Coordinates: 47°36′04″N 0°50′06″W
Country	France
Region	Pays de la Loire
Department	Maine-et-Loire
Arrondissement	Segré
Canton	Chalonnes-sur-Loire, Tiercé
Government
• Mayor (2021–2026)	Yamina Riou[1]
Area ^1	89.94 km^2 (34.73 sq mi)
Population  (2021)[2]	5,780
• Density	64/km^2 (170/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	49367 /49220, 49370
^1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km^2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Erdre-en-Anjou (French pronunciation: [ɛʁdʁ ɑ̃.n‿ɑ̃ʒu] ^ⓘ, literally Erdre in Anjou) is a commune in the Maine-et-Loire department of western France. Vern-d'Anjou is the municipal seat.

History

It was established on 28 December 2015 and consists of the former communes of Brain-sur-Longuenée, Gené, La Pouëze and Vern-d'Anjou.^[3]

Population

The population data given in the table below refer to the commune in its geography as of January 2020.

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1968	3,583	—
1975	3,388	−0.80%
1982	3,647	+1.06%
1990	3,823	+0.59%
1999	4,011	+0.53%
2007	4,844	+2.39%
2012	5,630	+3.05%
2017	5,746	+0.41%
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. 4 May 2022.
2. "Populations légales 2021" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
3. Arrêté préfectoral Archived 24 December 2015 at the Wayback Machine 23 December 2015 (in French)
4. Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE