Breil, Maine-et-Loire
Breil | |
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Part of Noyant-Villages | |
Location of Breil | |
  Breil Location within France  Breil Location within Pays de la Loire | |
| Coordinates: 47°28′32″N 0°09′29″E / 47.4756°N 0.1581°E | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Pays de la Loire |
| Department | Maine-et-Loire |
| Arrondissement | Saumur |
| Canton | Beaufort-en-Vallée |
| Commune | Noyant-Villages |
Area 1 | 15.09 km2 (5.83 sq mi) |
| Population (2023)[1] | 240 |
| • Density | 16/km2 (41/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| Postal code | 49490 |
| Elevation | 60–119 m (197–390 ft) (avg. 81 m or 266 ft) |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
Breil (French pronunciation: [bʁɛj] ⓘ) is a former commune in the Maine-et-Loire department in western France. On 15 December 2016, it was merged into the new commune Noyant-Villages.[2] The inhabitants are known as Breillois in French. Breil's nearest town is Noyant (6 km).
Sights
Breil is most famous for its Chateau in the Parc du Lathan, where a major Fête de la Chasse (Hunting Fair) was held each August 15. Breil is near the Lac de Rillé, a lake stretching from Rillé to Gué Morin, a hamlet in Breil, where the River Lathan was dammed in 1978 principally for irrigating the valley of the Authion.
See also
References
- ↑ "Populations de référence 2023" [Reference populations 2023] (PDF) (in French). INSEE. December 2025.
- ↑ Arrêté préfectoral 7 December 2016 (in French)
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