Châteauneuf-sur-Sarthe

Juvardeil (French pronunciation: [ʒyvaʁdɛj] ) is a commune in the Maine-et-Loire department in western France.

Brissarthe (French pronunciation: [bʁisaʁt] ) is a former commune in the Maine-et-Loire department in western France. On 15 December 2016, it was merged into the new commune Les Hauts-d'Anjou.

Étriché (French pronunciation: [etʁiʃe] ) is a commune in the Maine-et-Loire department in western France.

Contigné (French pronunciation: [kɔ̃tiɲe] ) is a former commune in the Maine-et-Loire department in western France. On 15 December 2016, it was merged into the new commune Les Hauts-d'Anjou.

Cheffes (French pronunciation: [ʃɛf] ) is a commune in the Maine-et-Loire department of western France.

Tiercé (French pronunciation: [tjɛʁse] ) is a commune in the Maine-et-Loire department in western France.

The canton of Tiercé is an administrative division of the Maine-et-Loire department, in western France. Its borders were modified at the French canton reorganisation which came into effect in March 2015. Its seat is in Tiercé. It consists of the following communes:

The Canton of Châteauneuf-sur-Sarthe is a former French canton located in the Maine-et-Loire département of France, in the arrondissement of Segré. It had 13,267 inhabitants (2012). It was disbanded following the French canton reorganisation which came into effect in March 2015. It consisted of 15 communes, which joined the canton of Tiercé in 2015. The canton comprised the following communes:

Cherré (French pronunciation: [ʃɛʁe] ) is a former commune in the Maine-et-Loire department of western France. On 15 December 2016, it was merged into the new commune Les Hauts-d'Anjou.

Les Hauts-d'Anjou (French pronunciation: [le o dɑ̃ʒu] , literally The Heights of Anjou) is a commune in the Maine-et-Loire department of western France. The municipality was established on 15 December 2016 by merger of the former communes of Brissarthe, Contigné, Cherré, Champigné, Marigné, Sœurdres and Querré. On 1 January 2019, the former commune Châteauneuf-sur-Sarthe was merged into Les Hauts-d'Anjou.

Champigné (French pronunciation: [ʃɑ̃piɲe] ) is a former commune in the Maine-et-Loire department in western France. On 15 December 2016, it was merged into the new commune Les Hauts-d'Anjou.

Château du Plessis-Bourré is a château in the Loire Valley in France, situated in the commune of Écuillé in the Maine-et-Loire department. Built in less than 5 years from 1468 to 1472 by Finance Minister Jean Bourré, the principal advisor to King Louis XI. The château has not been modified externally since its construction and still has a fully working drawbridge. It was classified as a Monument historique in 1931. Château du Plessis-Bourré was once owned by La Maison De Nuchèze. Jacques de Nuchèze the fourth child of Guillaume de Nuchèze IV Seigneur de Baudiment, des Francs, de Brain, de Chincé & de Batrisse died after 1486 and married Catherine des Francs whose parents were Louis des Francs, Seigneur des Francs & Bartholomée de Torve who died in 1505. Jacques de Nuchèze married Françoise d'Anlezy they had a child called Jean De Nuchèze, Seigneur du Plessis. Jean De Nuchèze, Seigneur du Plessis then proceeded to marry Catherine de Viry on 02.08.1579 and they had a child called Antoine du Plessis. see the De Nuchèze wiki for more info The château was purchased in 1911 by Henry Vaïsse who, when he died in 1956, bequeathed it to his nephew, François Reille-Soult, Duke of Dalmatie, descendant of the marshals of the French empire Soult, Reille and Masséna. In 1978, Antoinette de Ferrières de Sauvebœuf, born de Croix, granddaughter of the Duke of Dalmatie, and her spouse Bruno de Ferrières de Sauvebœuf took the responsibility of heading the renovation and maintenance of the château until 2009. They lived there with their three children, Victor (1976), Matthias (1978), and Jean-Baptiste (1980), for 31 years, the longest stay of a single family since 1473. Since 2010, it has been inhabited by descendants of François Reille-Soult of Dalmatie and managed by Aymeric d'Anthenaise and Jean-François Reille-Soult de Dalmatie. The Château du Plessis-Bourré has been the location for numerous films, including: Peau d'Âne (1970) by Jacques Demy Louis XI by J.C. Lubtchansky Jeanne d'Arc (1989 telefilm) by Pierre Badel Le Bossu (1997) by Philippe de Broca Fanfan la Tulipe (2003) by Gérard Krawczyk La Reine et le Cardinal (telefilm) The Princess of Montpensier (2009) by Bertrand Tavernier Louis XI, Le Pouvoir Fracassé (2010) by Henri Helman with Jacques Perrin