Vihiers

Vihiers
Vihiers
Delegated commune of Lys-Haut-Layon
	Coat of arms
	Location of Vihiers
	Vihiers Vihiers
	Coordinates: 47°08′50″N 0°31′57″W
Country	France
Region	Pays de la Loire
Department	Maine-et-Loire
Arrondissement	Cholet
Canton	Cholet-2
Commune	Lys-Haut-Layon
Area 1	59.7 km2 (23.1 sq mi)
Population (2019)[1]	2,317
• Density	39/km2 (100/sq mi)
Demonym(s)	Vihiersois, Vihiersoise
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal code	49310
Elevation	52–211 m (171–692 ft)
Website	lyshautlayon.fr
	1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Vihiers (French pronunciation: [vije] ^ⓘ) is a former commune in the Maine-et-Loire department in western France. On 1 January 2016, it was merged into the new commune of Lys-Haut-Layon.[2]

Geography

Vihiers is around 30 km south of Angers, around 30 km northeast of Cholet, and around 80 km east of Nantes. Main road D960 skirts the village. Public transport is provided by the regional bus company Aléop (services to Angers, Cholet and Saumur) and the local bus company Choletbus.[3]

History

In January 1974 the former communes of Saint-Hilaire-du-Bois and Le Voide were merged into the commune of Vihiers.[4][5] At the creation of the commune nouvelle of Lys-Haut-Layon in 2016, the three former communes Vihiers, Saint-Hilaire-du-Bois and Le Voide became delegated communes.[2]

Notable people

Henry Nicollon des Abbayes (1898-1974), professor of botany who was an authority on lichens, and also undertook a noted study of the flora of Brittany, was born in Vihiers.

References

Téléchargement du fichier d'ensemble des populations légales en 2019, INSEE
Arrêté préfectoral Archived February 15, 2016, at the Wayback Machine 18 December 2015
"Transport en bus". Commune de Lys Haut Layon. Retrieved 25 January 2022.
Commune de Saint-Hilaire-du-Bois (49286), commune déléguée, INSEE
Commune du Voide (49379), commune déléguée, INSEE

External links

vihiers.fr - official website for Vihiers (and associated communes St Hilaire-du-Bois and Le Voide)
tourisme-vihiersois.com - Vihiersois-Haut Layon Tourism Office

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[pop2019-1] Téléchargement du fichier d'ensemble des populations légales en 2019, INSEE

[arrete-2] Arrêté préfectoral Archived February 15, 2016, at the Wayback Machine 18 December 2015

[3] "Transport en bus". Commune de Lys Haut Layon. Retrieved 25 January 2022.

[4] Commune de Saint-Hilaire-du-Bois (49286), commune déléguée, INSEE

[5] Commune du Voide (49379), commune déléguée, INSEE