Chemillé
See also: Chemillé (homonymy)
Chemillé is a common French, located in the department of Maine-et-Loire and the area Pays of the Loire.
Geography
Located on the road between Angers Cholet.Distances: 30 min of Angers (37 km), 1:00 of Nantes, 20 min of Cholet.
History
With the crossroads of the future
Old fortified town with the the Middle Ages, Chemillé is built in Amphithéâtre on the edges of Hyrôme, tributary of the Tailboard. The old walls were destroyed at the time of the wars of religion at the 16th century, thus opening the city with the exchanges, with the Marché S which gave him its reputation of important shopping mall, role still reinforced by its situation of crossroads.
Historical general information
- Neolithic and protohistoric Presence.
- Gallo-Roman Field of Camilliacus.
- Saint-Pierre Church former to the 8th century.
- Seigniory, priory and maladrery at the 11th century.
- City closed at the 13th century.
- Plundered by the huguenots at the 16th century.
- " Great shock of Chemillé" in 1793 (April 11th): defeat of Vendean by the Republicans. With the castle of Souchereau (Jallais) the Vendean general Stofflet was taken.
- Incendié in 1793.
- At the beginning of the 20th century was present hardcore careers, laundries, dyeings, spinning mills, tanneries, flour mills and weaving of fabric.
Administration
Demography
in 1900, Chemillé counted a little more than 4300 inhabitants.
Places and monuments
Civil architecture
- Door East and Southern postern of the old castle 13th century.
- Remainders of the priory 18th century.
- Laundrette 17th century.
- Castle of Sorinière, S: turns and ditches; in the vault, murals 16th century.
- Castle the Echo 19th century (stays of the de Gaulle general, plate at the entry).
- Castle of the Cloisters 19th century.
- Castle of Salbœuf 19th century.
- 3 windmills in ruin.
Structure crowned
- Church Saint-Pierre XIe /XXe centuries: gate 13th century and bell-tower 12th century, vestiges of murals 13th century, nave and sides 1902; stained glasses recalling the history of Chemillé during the Revolution.
- Old Notre-Dame church 12th century: bell-tower 12th century overcome of an arrow 16th century.
- Vault 16th century, remainders of murals 16th century.
- Ruins of the Saint-Léonard church.
Personalities related to the commune
See too
- Common of Maine-et-Loire
External bonds
- Chemillé on the site of the national geographical Institute
- Chemillé on the site of INSEE
- Chemillé on the site of Quid
- Localization of Chemillé on a chart of France and communes bordering
- Plane on Chemillé on Mapquest
Internet site of the Community of Communes of the Area of Chemillé
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