Pouancé

The castle of Pouancé

Coat of arms

Pouancé

Location within Pays de la Loire region

Pouancé

Coordinates: 47°44′29″N 1°10′30″W / 47.7414°N 1.175°WCoordinates: 47°44′29″N 1°10′30″W / 47.7414°N 1.175°W

Country

Area¹

48.97 km² (18.91 sq mi)

Population (2006 estimate)²

3,192

• Density

65/km² (170/sq mi)

Time zone

CET (GMT +1) (UTC+1)

• Summer (DST)

CEST (UTC+2)

INSEE/Postal code

49248 /49420

Elevation

48–108 m (157–354 ft)
(avg. 20 m or 66 ft)

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

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

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

Pouancé 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: the Maine-et-Loire, the Mayenne in the North, the Ille-et-Vilaine in the North-west, and the Loire-Atlantique in the West.

During the Middle-ages, Pouancé was at 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". Until now, the city keeps its partially preserved city walls, some of its city gates and its medieval castle, the second largest in Anjou.

The menhir of Pierrefrite is one of the only remains from the prehistory in Pouancé region, along with some stone axes and an arrowhead. The menhir is located on the border of the commune of Armaillé et Saint-Michel-et-Chanveaux. The menhir is made of red slate and is 5 meters tall.

After the discover of pieces of tegulae in a wood, it is supposed that a Roman kiln did exist, and along with it, a Gallo-Roman habitat.

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