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The Château de Brissac is a French château in the Brissac-Quincé area of the commune of Brissac Loire Aubance, located in the department of Maine-et-Loire, France. The property is owned by the noble Cossé family, whose head bears the French hereditary title of Duke of Brissac. The château is listed as a monument historique by the French Ministry of Culture.

Brissac Loire Aubance (French pronunciation: [bʁisak lwaʁ obɑ̃s] ) is a commune in the Maine-et-Loire department of western France. The municipality was established on 15 December 2016 and consists of the former communes of Les Alleuds, Brissac-Quincé, Charcé-Saint-Ellier-sur-Aubance, Chemellier, Coutures, Luigné, Saint-Rémy-la-Varenne, Saint-Saturnin-sur-Loire, Saulgé-l'Hôpital and Vauchrétien.

Brissac-Quincé (French pronunciation: [bʁisak kɛ̃se] ) is a former commune of the Maine-et-Loire département, in France. It was created in 1964 from a regrouping of two former neighbouring communes, Brissac and Quincé. On 15 December 2016, Brissac-Quincé was merged into the new commune of Brissac Loire Aubance. The French mathematician Charles-René Reynaud (1656–1728) was born in Brissac. The Château de Brissac is located in the commune.

Saint-Melaine-sur-Aubance (French pronunciation: [sɛ̃ məlɛn syʁ obɑ̃s] ) is a commune in the Maine-et-Loire department in western France.

Soulaines-sur-Aubance (French pronunciation: [sulɛn syʁ obɑ̃s] ) is a commune in the Maine-et-Loire department of western France.

Juigné-sur-Loire (French pronunciation: [ʒɥiɲe syʁ lwaʁ] , literally Juigné on Loire) 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 Garennes sur Loire.On 18 July 1969 Juigné-sur-Loire was the site of a tragic accident that killed 19 young teenagers from nearby Angers. The children, part of a group of sixty 13- and 14-year-olds on an outing from a recreational center, had been wading in the Loire river when the gravel riverbed beneath them gave way and swept them downstream into the deeper waters.

Saint-Jean-des-Mauvrets (French pronunciation: [sɛ̃ ʒɑ̃ de movʁɛ] ) is a former commune in the Maine-et-Loire département in western France. On 15 December 2016, it was merged into the new commune Les Garennes sur Loire.

Saint-Saturnin-sur-Loire (French pronunciation: [sɛ̃ satyʁnɛ̃ syʁ lwaʁ] , literally Saint-Saturnin on Loire) is a former commune in the Maine-et-Loire department in western France. On 15 December 2016, it was merged into the new commune Brissac Loire Aubance. Its population was 1,349 in 2019.

Les Garennes sur Loire (French pronunciation: [le ɡaʁɛn syʁ lwaʁ] , literally Les Garennes on Loire) is a commune in the Maine-et-Loire department of western France. The municipality was established on 15 December 2016 and consists of the former communes of Juigné-sur-Loire and Saint-Jean-des-Mauvrets.

Mozé-sur-Louet (French pronunciation: [moze syʁ lwɛ] ) is a commune in the Maine-et-Loire department in western France.

Angers is an L6 meteorite that hit Pays de la Loire, France in 1822. The meteor struck at 8:15 PM on 3 June. It has since been stored along with L'Aigle, another meteorite that struck France 19 years earlier, on 26 April 1803, in a room at the Muséum d’histoire naturelle d’Angers, a French natural history museum.

Saint-Sulpice (French pronunciation: [sɛ̃ sylpis] ) is a former commune in the Maine-et-Loire department in western France. On 1 January 2016, it was merged into the new commune of Blaison-Saint-Sulpice. Its population was 201 in 2019.