Saint-Florent-le-Vieil

Part of Mauges-sur-Loire in Pays de la Loire, France

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Location of Saint-Florent-le-Vieil

47°21′44″N 1°00′54″W / 47.3622°N 1.015°W / 47.3622; -1.015CountryFranceRegionPays de la LoireDepartmentMaine-et-LoireArrondissementCholetCantonSaint-Florent-le-VieilCommuneMauges-sur-Loire Area

24.89 km² (9.61 sq mi)Population

(2019)^[1]

2,834 • Density110/km² (290/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)Postal code

49410

Elevation7–130 m (23–427 ft)
(avg. 40 m or 130 ft)¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Saint-Florent-le-Vieil (French pronunciation: [sɛ̃ flɔʁɑ̃ lə vjɛj] ^ⓘ) is a former commune in the Maine-et-Loire department in western France.^[2] On 15 December 2015, it was merged into the new commune Mauges-sur-Loire.^[3] Its population was 2,834 in 2019.^[1]

The river Èvre forms the commune's western border, then flows into the Loire, forming the commune's northern border.

Saint-Florent-le-Viel is located on the La Loire à vélo, itself a subset of the EuroVelo6, the trans-European bicycle route.

References

^ ^a ^b Téléchargement du fichier d'ensemble des populations légales en 2019, INSEE
^ Des villages de Cassini aux communes d'aujourd'hui: Commune data sheet Saint-Florent-le-Vieil, EHESS (in French).
^ Arrêté préfectoral 5 October 2015 (in French)