The Vault-Saint-Florent

the Vault-Saint-Florent is a common French, located in the department of Maine-et-Loire and the area Pays of the Loire.

Geography

History

Administration

Demography

Places and monuments

The mill of Epinay repurchased by the commune in 1985 then restored since 1987, the mill of Epinay is equipped with a very rare system in France, being used to make automatically turn the roof to direct the wings vis-a-vis the wind: the butterfly. It is the only windmill still functioning in the department and opened with the visit. It still crushes wheat and sarasin thanks to its pair of flint grinding stone weighing on the whole 2 tons.

Personalities related to the commune

See too

Common of Maine-et-Loire

External bonds

the Vault-Saint-Florent on the site of the national geographical Institute
the Vault-Saint-Florent on the site of INSEE
the Vault-Saint-Florent on the site of Quid
Localization of the Vault-Saint-Florent on a chart of France and communes bordering
Plane of the Vault-Saint-Florent on Mapquest

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