Vihiers

Part of Lys-Haut-Layon in Pays de la Loire, France

Delegated commune of Lys-Haut-Layon in Pays de la Loire, France

Coat of arms

Location of Vihiers

47°08′50″N 0°31′57″W / 47.1472°N 0.5325°W / 47.1472; -0.5325CountryFranceRegionPays de la LoireDepartmentMaine-et-LoireArrondissementCholetCantonCholet-2CommuneLys-Haut-Layon Area

59.7 km² (23.1 sq mi)Population

(2019)^[1]

2,317 • Density39/km² (100/sq mi)Demonym(s)Vihiersois, VihiersoiseTime zoneUTC+01:00 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)Postal code

49310

Elevation52–211 m (171–692 ft)Websitelyshautlayon.fr¹ 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
^ ^a ^b 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

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Vihiers.

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