Brézé () is a former commune 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 ...

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in western France. On 1 January 2019, it was merged into the new commune

Bellevigne-les-Châteaux Bellevigne-les-Châteaux () is a commune in the Maine-et-Loire department in western France. It was established on 1 January 2019 by merger of the former communes of Chacé (the seat), Brézé and Saint-Cyr-en-Bourg.Arrêté préfectoral
20 September 2018 The

Château de Brézé Château de Brézé is a small, dry-moated castle located in Brézé, near Saumur in the Loire Valley, France. The château was transformed during the 16th and the 19th centuries. The current structure is Renaissance in style yet retains medieva ...

is a small, dry-moated castle.

Population

Personalities

Claire-Clémence de Maillé-Brézé Claire Clémence de Maillé (25 February 1628 – 16 April 1694) was a French noblewoman from the Brézé family and a niece of Cardinal Richelieu. She married Louis de Bourbon, Prince of Condé, known as ''Le Grand Condé'' (The Great Cond� ...

, born here in 1628, ''

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