Le Thoureil () is a village and former

commune A commune is an alternative term for an intentional community. Commune or comună or comune or other derivations may also refer to: Administrative-territorial entities * Commune (administrative division), a municipality or township ** Communes of ...

in the

Maine-et-Loire Maine-et-Loire () is a department in the Loire Valley in the Pays de la Loire region in Western France. It is named after the two rivers, Maine and the Loire. It borders Mayenne and Sarthe to the north, Loire-Atlantique to the west, Indre-e ...

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in western

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. On 1 January 2016, the commune was merged into the new commune of Gennes-Val-de-Loire,Arrêté préfectoral
5 October 2015 but retains its own delegated mayor. Other than the village of Thoureil itself, it contains, Bessé,

Saint-Maur-sur-Loire Saint-Maur-sur-Loire is a village of western France in the ''département'' of Maine-et-Loire on the river Loire, part of the commune of Gennes-Val-de-Loire, about downstream from Saumur. History Here allegedly Saint Maurus (but probably someone e ...

and Bourgneuf.

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