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    La Possonnière (French pronunciation: [la pɔsɔnjɛʁ] ) is a commune in the Maine-et-Loire department in western France. Communes of the Maine-et-Loire...
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    France called him, a "prince of poets". Ronsard was born at Manoir de la Possonnière in the village of Couture-sur-Loir, Vendômois. His father served Francis...
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    (740 acres), situated in three communes: Savennières, Bouchemaine and La Possonnière. Of these, about 146 hectares (360 acres) are actually planted with...
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    Le Lion-d'Angers (French pronunciation: [ ljɔ̃ dɑ̃ʒe] ) is a commune in the Maine-et-Loire department in western France. On 1 January 2016, the former...
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    Préfecture de Maine-et-Loire, Arrêté n° 2012090-0002 portant création de la commune nouvelle de Baugé en Anjou Archived 2013-05-21 at the Wayback Machine...
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    January 2018, the former communes of Les Rosiers-sur-Loire and Saint-Martin-de-la-Place were merged into it. The population data given in the table below refer...
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    The Loire Valley (French: Vallée de la Loire, pronounced [vale də la lwaʁ]), spanning 280 kilometres (170 mi), is a valley located in the middle stretch...
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    The châteaux of the Loire Valley (French: châteaux de la Loire) are part of the architectural heritage of the historic towns of Amboise, Angers, Blois...
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    Coteaux du Layon, etc.. Saumur station has rail connections to Tours, Angers, La Roche-sur-Yon and Nantes. First attested in the Medieval Latin form of Salmuri...
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    Wikimedia Commons has media related to Amboise. Architecture of Amboise Monument Historique de la Loire : La Pagode Chanteloup Château Gaillard, Amboise...
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