Vihiers

Vihiers
Coat of arms of Vihiers Coat of arms
Vihiers
Location within Pays de la Loire region Vihiers
Coordinates:
Country	France
Region	Pays de la Loire
Department	Maine-et-Loire
Arrondissement	Saumur
Canton	Cholet-2
Intercommunality	Communauté de communes du Vihiersois-Haut-Layon
Government
• Mayor (2008–2014)	Philippe Algoet
Area1	59.7 km2 (23.1 sq mi)
Population (2006)2	4,125
• Density	69/km2 (180/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	49373 / 49310
Elevation	52–211 m (171–692 ft)
Website	http://www.vihiers.fr/
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. 2 Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.

Vihiers 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.

Geography

Vihiers is around 30 km south of Angers, around 30 km northeast of Cholet, and around 80 km east of Nantes.

Transport

Main road D960 skirts the village. Local bus company Anjou bus runs occasional services from Angers.

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.

See also

• Communes of the Maine-et-Loire department

External links

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