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Commune in Pays de la Loire, France
Les Ponts-de-Cé
Commune
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Location of Les Ponts-de-Cé
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Coordinates: 47°25′31″N 0°31′27″W / 47.4253°N 0.5242°W / 47.4253; -0.5242
CountryFrance
RegionPays de la Loire
DepartmentMaine-et-Loire
ArrondissementAngers
CantonLes Ponts-de-Cé
IntercommunalityCU Angers Loire Métropole
Government
 • Mayor (2020–2026) Jean-Paul Pavillon
Area19.55 km (7.55 sq mi)
Population12,725
 • Density650/km (1,700/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code49246 /49130
Elevation15–36 m (49–118 ft)
(avg. 26 m or 85 ft)
French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Les Ponts-de-Cé (French pronunciation: [le pɔ̃ də se] ) is a commune in the Maine-et-Loire department in western France.

Les Ponts-de-Cé is a suburb of Angers.

History

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In September 1432, during the Hundred Years' War, the routiers of Rodrigo de Villandrando, in the pay of Georges de la Trémoille, held Les Ponts-de-Cé against the assaults of Jean de Bueil.

On 7 August 1620, the Battle of Ponts-de-Cé definitively ended a civil war, waged by Marie de Médicis. Her troops were defeated by her son, the French King Louis XIII.

This short rebellion, subdued easily by the King's troops, is known in France under the name of "Drôlerie des Ponts-de-Cé" (Les Ponts-de-Cé's joke).

Names

In the past, Les Ponts-de-Cé had known many different names, which are :

  • Castro-Seio (889)
  • Pon Sigei (1009)
  • In Saiaco (1036)
  • Saiacus (1090)
  • Seium (1104)
  • Pons Sagei (1115)
  • Pons Sagii (1148)
  • Pons Saeii (1291)
  • Le Pont de Sae (1293)
  • Les Ponts de See (1529)

Indeed, the city has the characteristic of being spanned by many bridges which connect the various zones and roads of the city between them. This is also why the French meaning could be translated by "Cé's bridges".

Population

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Historical population
YearPop.±% p.a.
1968 7,175—    
1975 9,589+4.23%
1982 10,739+1.63%
1990 11,032+0.34%
1999 11,387+0.35%
2007 11,500+0.12%
2012 11,975+0.81%
2017 12,679+1.15%
Source: INSEE

See also

References

  1. "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 2 December 2020.
  2. "Populations légales 2021" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
  3. Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE
Communes of the Loire Valley UNESCO World Heritage Site UNESCO
Communes of the Maine-et-Loire department


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