Pouancé
Pouancé | |
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Part of Ombrée d'Anjou | |
Location of Pouancé | |
| Coordinates: 47°44′29″N 1°10′30″W / 47.7414°N 1.175°W | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Pays de la Loire |
| Department | Maine-et-Loire |
| Arrondissement | Segré |
| Canton | Segré |
| Commune | Ombrée d'Anjou |
Area 1 | 48.97 km2 (18.91 sq mi) |
| Population (2022) | 3,133 |
| • Density | 64/km2 (170/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| Postal code | 49420 |
| Elevation | 48–108 m (157–354 ft) |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
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Pouancé (French pronunciation: [pwɑ̃se] ⓘ) is a former commune in the Maine-et-Loire department in western France. On 15 December 2016, it was merged into the new commune Ombrée d'Anjou. It is located on the border of 4 French departements: Maine-et-Loire, Mayenne in the north, Ille-et-Vilaine in the north-west, and Loire-Atlantique in the west.
During the Middle Ages, Pouancé was situated on the border between Anjou, part of the Kingdom of France, and the independent duchy of Brittany. The city gained the nickname of "Door of Anjou, March of Brittany". The town retains its partially preserved city walls, some of its city gates and its medieval castle, which is the second largest in Anjou.