Maine-et-Loire
Maine-et-Loire | |
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Prefecture gardens in Angers | |
Location of Maine-et-Loire in France | |
| Coordinates: 47°27′N 0°36′W / 47.450°N 0.600°W | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Pays de la Loire |
| Prefecture | Angers |
| Subprefectures | Cholet Saumur Segré-en-Anjou Bleu |
| Government | |
| • President of the Departmental Council | Florence Dabin (DVD) |
| Area | |
• Total | 7,107 km2 (2,744 sq mi) |
| Population (2022) | |
• Total | 828,151 |
| • Rank | 28th |
| • Density | 120/km2 (300/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Department number | 49 |
| Arrondissements | 4 |
| Cantons | 21 |
| Communes | 177 |
| ^1 French Land Register data, which exclude estuaries and lakes, ponds and glaciers larger than 1 km2 | |
Maine-et-Loire (French pronunciation: [mɛn e lwaʁ] ⓘ) is a department in the Loire Valley in the Pays de la Loire region in Western France. It is named after the two rivers, Maine and the Loire. It borders Mayenne and Sarthe to the north, Loire-Atlantique to the west, Indre-et-Loire to the east, Vienne and Deux-Sèvres to the south, Vendée to the south-west, and Ille-et-Vilaine to the north-west. It also borders Ille-et-Vilaine in the north for just 20 yards (19 m), France's shortest department boundary. Its prefecture is Angers; its subprefectures are Cholet, Saumur and Segré-en-Anjou Bleu. Maine-et-Loire had a population of 818,273 in 2019.