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Code: 49
Region: Pays de la Loire
Traditional provinces: Anjou,
Poitou
Bordering departments:
Indre-et-Loire,
Loire-Atlantique,
Mayenne, Sarthe,
Deux-Sèvres,
Vendée,
Vienne
Area: 7,166 km2
Population (1995): 721,200 inhabitants
Préfecture: Angers
Sous-préfectures: Cholet,
Saumur, Segré
Subdivisions: 4 arrondissements, 41 cantons, 364 communes.
The department is named after the rivers Maine (10 km) and Loire (1,020 km).