Unité urbaine de Loire-Authion

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L'unité urbaine de Loire-Authion est une unité urbaine française centrée sur la commune de Loire-Authion, située dans le département de Maine-et-Loire et la région Pays de la Loire.

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Capture of Saumur

The Capture of Saumur was the military investment of the Huguenot city of Saumur accomplished by the young French king Louis XIII on 11 May 1621, following the outbreak of the Huguenot rebellions. Although the Huguenot city was faithful to the king, Louis XIII nevertheless wished to affirm control over it. The Governor of the city Duplessy-Mornay was tricked out of his command of Saumur and the city was invested. Louis XIII then continued his campaign southward against the Huguenots, and moved to the Protestant stronghold of Saint-Jean-d'Angély led by Rohan's brother Benjamin de Rohan, duc de Soubise. This led to the month-long Siege of Saint-Jean-d'Angély, and to a succession of other sieges in the south of France. On 24 June 1621, Louis XIII's campaign ended in a stalemate, leading to the 1622 Peace of Montpellier, which temporarily confirmed the rights of the Huguenots in France.

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Communauté d'agglomération Saumur Val de Loire

The Communauté d'agglomération Saumur Val de Loire is an intercommunal structure in the Loire Valley gathering 45 communes including Saumur. It is located in the Maine-et-Loire département, in the Pays de la Loire région, western France. It was formed on 1 January 2017 by the merger of the former Communauté d'agglomération de Saumur Loire Développement, the Communauté de communes Loire Longué, the Communauté de communes du Gennois and the Communauté de communes de la région de Doué-la-Fontaine. Its area is 1233.7 km2. Its population was 99,236 in 2018, of which 26,599 in Saumur proper.

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Battle of Saumur

The Battle of Saumur took place during the Vendee Revolt. It occurred in the town of Saumur on 11 June 1793. As at the battle of Thouars, the Republican prisoners were released after swearing not to fight again in the Vendée and having had their hair shaved off so they could be recognised lest they went back on their word and were recaptured. In the prison at Saumur, the Vendéens found general Pierre Quétineau who had been taken prisoner after his defeat at Thouars. General Lescure, knowing that his defeated opponent was under threat of a sentence of death from the revolutionary court, proposed to the republican general to remain among the royalists but not have to fight for them. Pierre Quétineau refused out of conviction, realising that even if he was safe the revolutionary court could instead punish his family if he was seen to be siding with the counter-revolutionaries, and returned to republican territory. There he was arrested and condemned to death for being defeated, as later was his wife. Shortly after this battle, Cathelineau was elected generalisimo of the Catholic and Royal Army.

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Saumur

Saumur is a commune in the Maine-et-Loire department in western France. The town is located between the Loire and Thouet rivers, and is surrounded by the vineyards of Saumur itself, Chinon, Bourgueil, Coteaux du Layon, etc.. Saumur station has rail connections to Tours, Angers, La Roche-sur-Yon and Nantes.

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Hôtel de Ville, Saumur

The Hôtel de Ville is a municipal building in Saumur, Maine-et-Loire, in western France, standing on Rue Molière. It was designated a monument historique by the French government in 1903.

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En 2010, selon l'INSEE, l'unité urbaine de Loire-Authion était composée d'une seule commune, située dans le département de Maine-et-Loire, plus précisément dans l'arrondissement d'Angers. Dans le nouveau zonage de 2020, elle est composée de cinq communes. En 2023, avec 26 609 habitants, elle représente la 4e unité urbaine du département de Maine-et-Loire et occupe le 12e rang dans la région Pays de la Loire. En 2022, sa densité de population s'élève à 148 hab/km2. Par sa superficie, elle représente 2,5 % du territoire départemental et, par sa population, elle regroupe 3,19 % de la population du département de Maine-et-Loire.

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Capture of Saumur

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Battle of Saumur

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Saumur

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Hôtel de Ville, Saumur

The Hôtel de Ville is a municipal building in Saumur, Maine-et-Loire, in western France, standing on Rue Molière. It was designated a monument historique by the French government in 1903.

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