Torfou, Maine-et-Loire

Torfou (French pronunciation: [tɔʁfu] ) is a former commune in the Maine-et-Loire department in western France. Inhabitants of Torfou are known as Torfousiens and Torfousiennes.

Torfou
Part of Sèvremoine
Location of Torfou
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Torfou is located in France
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Torfou is located in Pays de la Loire
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Coordinates: 47°02′18″N 1°06′53″W / 47.0383°N 1.1147°W / 47.0383; -1.1147
CountryFrance
RegionPays de la Loire
DepartmentMaine-et-Loire
ArrondissementCholet
CantonSaint-Macaire-en-Mauges
CommuneSèvremoine
Area
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32.35 km2 (12.49 sq mi)
Population
 (2019)[1]
2,259
 • Density70/km2 (180/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal code
49660
Elevation114 m (374 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Geography

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Torfou covers 32.35 km2. It is situated along the Sèvre Nantaise river, 25 miles (40 km) Southeast of Nantes, and 12 miles (20 km) West of Cholet (reachable by rail from both cities).

The town is also at the border of three former provinces : Anjou (Maine-et-Loire), Poitou (Vendée), and Brittany (Loire-Atlantique).

History

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During the early years of the French revolutionary wars, the town found itself at the heart of the counter-revolutionary struggle in the Vendée, especially on 19 September 1793, with the Battle of Torfou. This battle pitted many Royalist military leaders against Republican troops under Kléber and Canclaux and followed by a period of brutal government repression.

On 15 December 2015, Le Longeron, Montfaucon-Montigné, La Renaudière, Roussay, Saint-André-de-la-Marche, Saint-Crespin-sur-Moine, Saint-Germain-sur-Moine, Saint-Macaire-en-Mauges, Tillières and Torfou merged becoming one commune called Sèvremoine.

Sights

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La Pierre Tournisse - Torfou (49)

Twin town

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Torfou is twinned with :

See also

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