The arrondissement of Segré is an

arrondissement An arrondissement (, , ) is any of various administrative divisions of France, Belgium, Haiti, and certain other Francophone countries, as well as the Netherlands. Europe France The 101 French departments are divided into 342 ''arrondissem ...

of France 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, Indr ...

department in the

Pays de la Loire Pays de la Loire (; but can also mean 'Lower Loire') is one of the eighteen administrative regions of France, located on the country's Atlantic Ocean, Atlantic coast. It was created in the 1950s to serve as a zone of influence for its capital an ...

region In geography, regions, otherwise referred to as areas, zones, lands or territories, are portions of the Earth's surface that are broadly divided by physical characteristics (physical geography), human impact characteristics (human geography), and ...

. It has 26 communes. Its population is 70,921 (2021), and its area is .

Composition

The communes of the arrondissement of Segré, and their

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s, are: # Angrie (49008) # Armaillé (49010) # Bécon-les-Granits (49026) # Bouillé-Ménard (49036) #

Bourg-l'Évêque Bourg-l'Évêque () is a commune in the Maine-et-Loire department in western France. Population See also *Communes of the Maine-et-Loire department The following is a list of the 176 communes of the Maine-et-Loire department of France ...

(49038) # Candé (49054) # Carbay (49056) # Challain-la-Potherie (49061) # Chambellay (49064) # Chazé-sur-Argos (49089) # Chenillé-Champteussé (49067) #

Erdre-en-Anjou Erdre-en-Anjou (, literally ''Erdre in Duchy of Anjou, Anjou'') is a Communes of France, commune in the Maine-et-Loire Departments of France, department of western France. Vern-d'Anjou is the municipal seat. History It was established on 28 De ...

(49367) # Grez-Neuville (49155) # Les Hauts-d'Anjou (49080) # La Jaille-Yvon (49161) # Juvardeil (49170) # Le Lion-d'Angers (49176) # Loiré (49178) # Miré (49205) # Montreuil-sur-Maine (49217) # Ombrée d'Anjou (49248) # Saint-Augustin-des-Bois (49266) # Sceaux-d'Anjou (49330) #

Segré-en-Anjou Bleu Segré-en-Anjou Bleu (, ) is a Communes of France, commune in the Maine-et-Loire Departments of France, department of western France. The municipality was established on 15 December 2016 and consists of the former communes of Aviré, Le Bourg-d'Ir ...

(49331) # Thorigné-d'Anjou (49344) # Val d'Erdre-Auxence (49183)

History

The arrondissement of Segré was created in 1800.Historique de Maine-et-Loire
/ref> At the January 2017 reorganisation of the arrondissements of Maine-et-Loire, it gained four communes from the arrondissement of Angers. As a result of the reorganisation of the

cantons of France The cantons of France () are territorial subdivisions of the France, French Republic's Departments of France, departments and Arrondissements of France, arrondissements. Apart from their role as organizational units in relation to certain aspect ...

which came into effect in 2015, the borders of the cantons are no longer related to the borders of the arrondissements. The cantons of the arrondissement of Segré were, as of January 2015:Populations légales 2012: 49 Maine-et-Loire
INSEE # Candé # Châteauneuf-sur-Sarthe # Le Lion-d'Angers # Pouancé # Segré

References

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