Liré

Liré
Liré

Coordinates: 47°20′39″N 1°09′47″W / 47.3442°N 1.1631°W / 47.3442; -1.1631Coordinates: 47°20′39″N 1°09′47″W / 47.3442°N 1.1631°W / 47.3442; -1.1631
Country France
Region Pays de la Loire
Department Maine-et-Loire
Arrondissement Cholet
Canton Champtoceaux
Intercommunality C.C. Canton of Champtoceaux
Government
 • Mayor (2008–2014) Gilles Collin
Area1 31.81 km2 (12.28 sq mi)
Population (2006[1])2 2,349
 • Density 74/km2 (190/sq mi)
Time zone CET (UTC+1)
 • Summer (DST) CEST (UTC+2)
INSEE/Postal code 49177 / 49530
Elevation 5–105 m (16–344 ft)
(avg. 48 m or 157 ft)
Website Site officiel de la mairie de Liré

1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

2 Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.

Liré is a former commune in the Maine-et-Loire department in western France. On 15 December 2015, it was merged into the new commune Orée-d'Anjou.[2] It was the home of the sixteenth-century French poet Joachim du Bellay and is mentioned in his poem "Heureux qui, comme Ulysse, a fait un beau voyage".[3]

The village is situated between Nantes and Angers. There is an annual fest called "Comme dans l'temps". It takes place every last Sunday of August.

Liré was a part of French Kingdom, from the moment that Anjou was considered to be in the French kingdom too.

In 2015 it had more than 2500 inhabitants. The soccer team of Liré is called Olympique Liré Drain. The team is on the PH division, it's the lowest division of the ligue atlantique de football, but it's higher than the district de Maine Et Loire. Liré's économy is mostly agricultural. It takes benefits of the proximity of Toyota's factory and all the services.

In the past Liré was called Lyré.

See also

References

  1. ↑ populations légales 2006 sur le site de l’INSEE
  2. ↑ Arrêté préfectoral, 25 November 2015 (French)
  3. ↑ Charles Baussan, L'Anjou (Arthaud: Paris, 1955), 218.
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Liré.
This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the 11/15/2016. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.