Maine-et-Loire
French department
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Summary
Maine-et-Loire is a department of France[1]. Maine-et-Loire draws 3,661 Wikipedia views per month (department of france category, ranking #46 of 147).[2]
Key Facts
- Located in the administrative territorial entity: Pays de la Loire[3]
- Country: France[4]
- Located in or next to body of water: Loire[5], Maine[6], Mayenne[7], Sarthe[8], Loir[9]
- Head of government: Christophe Béchu[10]
- Capital: Angers[11]
- Shares border with: Mayenne[12], Ille-et-Vilaine[13], Loire-Atlantique[14], Vendée[15], Deux-Sèvres[16], Vienne[17], Indre-et-Loire[18], Sarthe[19]
- Named after: Maine[20], Loire[21]
- Contains the administrative territorial entity: arrondissement of Angers[22], arrondissement of Cholet[23], arrondissement of Saumur[24], arrondissement of Segré[25], Béhuard[26], Angers[27], Montreuil-Juigné[28], Saint-Jean-de-Linières[29], Avrillé[30], Beaucouzé[31], Saint-Clément-de-la-Place[32], La Cornuaille[33], La Membrolle-sur-Longuenée[34], Le Plessis-Macé[35]
- Part of: Pays de la Loire[36]
- Commons category: Maine-et-Loire[37]
- Located in time zone: UTC+01:00[38], UTC+02:00[39]
- Inception: March 4, 1790[40]
- Highest point: Q26885390[41]
- Official website: https://www.maine-et-loire.gouv.fr/[42]
- Topic's main category: Category:Maine-et-Loire[43]
- Commons gallery: Maine-et-Loire[44]
- Population: 795,557[45], 810,186[46], 813,493[47], 815,883[48], 818,273[49], 820,713[50], 824,743[51], 828,151[52], 833,776[53]
- Topic's main Wikimedia portal: Portal:Anjou and Maine-et-Loire[54]
- Office held by head of government: president of departmental council[55]
Why It Matters
Maine-et-Loire has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[56] Maine-et-Loire is known by 23 alternative names across languages and contexts.[57]