Canton of Tiercé

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

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

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

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

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

The Jardin botanique de Briollay is a botanical garden located on the Chemin de la Guichardière, Briollay, Maine-et-Loire, Pays de la Loire, France. It contains more than 70 types of shrubs and berry bushes, set on a hillside with excellent views of the valleys below.

Montreuil-sur-Loir (French pronunciation: [mɔ̃tʁœj syʁ lwaʁ] , literally Montreuil on Loir) is a commune in the Maine-et-Loire department in western France.

Soucelles (French pronunciation: [susɛl] ) is a former commune in the Maine-et-Loire department in western France. On 1 January 2019, it was merged into the new commune Rives-du-Loir-en-Anjou.

Villevêque (French pronunciation: [vilvɛk] ) is a former commune in the Maine-et-Loire department in western France. On 1 January 2019, it was merged into the new commune Rives-du-Loir-en-Anjou.

Rives-du-Loir-en-Anjou (French pronunciation: [ʁiv dy lwaʁ ɑ̃.n‿ɑ̃ʒu] , literally Banks of the Loir in Anjou) 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 Villevêque (the seat) and Soucelles.

Châteauneuf-sur-Sarthe (French pronunciation: [ʃɑtonœf syʁ saʁt] ) is a former commune in the Maine-et-Loire department of western France. On 1 January 2019, it was merged into the commune Les Hauts-d'Anjou. It is approximately 175 miles (280 km) from Paris. It had a population of 3,067 in 2022. The river Sarthe flows to the east of the town near where the Sarthe and river Mayenne join to form the river Maine. Châteauneuf-sur-Sarthe is to the north of the Loire Valley, an area famous for its historic towns, wine-growing region and cultural landscape. The local areas is heavily farmed both for arable and pastoral uses. Châteauneuf-sur-Sarthe has a bus stop but no train station, but the SNCF station in Etriché is 5 km away. By road the town is 19 km from exit 11 on the A11 with good links to Angers (20 miles) and Le Mans (50 miles) The nearest airports to are Angers, Le Mans, Nantes and Rennes; with the last two airports approximately 70 miles away.

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