Candé () is a
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 ...
department in western
France
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.
History
In the 11th century the village became an important military site for
Anjou under baron Rorgon de Candé, at Fort-Castle of Candé.
Candé was noted in 2000-2001 as the residence of
Marie Bremont, then the world's oldest person, who died at age 115.
Name
''Candé'' comes from the a
Celtic word ''condate'' which means
confluence
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. There are two other villages in France with similar names:
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Candé-sur-Beuvron in
Loir-et-Cher
Loir-et-Cher (, ) is a Departments of France, department in the Centre-Val de Loire Regions of France, region of France. It is named after two rivers which run through it, the Loir in its northern part and the Cher (river), Cher in its southern p ...
(pop 1,208) - from Candé.
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Candes-Saint-Martin in
Indre-et-Loire
Indre-et-Loire () is a department in west-central France named after the Indre River and Loire River. In 2019, it had a population of 610,079.[Communes of the Maine-et-Loire department
The following is a list of the 176 communes of the Maine-et-Loire department of France
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References
Communes of Maine-et-Loire
Maine-et-Loire communes articles needing translation from French Wikipedia
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