Huillé-Lézigné is a town in Maine-et-Loire, in Pays de la Loire, 30 km north-east of Angers, in the confines of the department of Sarthe.
It was established in January 1, 2019 following the merger of Lézigné, its seat (768 inhabitants) and Huillé (553 inhabitants), now counting some 1,350 inhabitants.
Its territory of about 22 km² is crossed by the course of the Loir holding until limit between the two villages: Huillé on the right bank and Lézigné on the left bank, a road bridge connecting the two towns.
Bordered by the forest in the south, the new municipality belongs to the natural Pays Baugeois, transitional space between the Massif Armorican to the west and the Paris Basin to the east, consists of a limestone plateau in the green landscape. The Loir Valley gives it a unique character.
Historically Huillé and Lézigné were the small but prosperous lordships seats until the Revolution during which the revolts Chouans here were very violent and repressed with force.
Now more peaceful, turned to farming, the two villages together now prove a rich heritage interest and a bucolic nature that will be appreciated by lovers of green tourism, close to major sites of the Country Loire.
A discovery of the new town can start south through the village of Lézigné.
Its portfolio includes the St. John the Baptist church: its bases are Romanesque (twelfth century) but it was restored and remodeled in 1859 by a renowned architect, Delestre. The building houses a remarkable altarpiece tufa and a statue of St. Sebastian beautifully made.
See in the village, the old mill of Ignerelle (XIX), the cross of the cemetery or the beautiful cross Portal path. Note also that street now bears the name of the director and actor Patrice Chereau (1944-2013), a native of the town.
then crosses the Loir to discover the village of Huillé arguably more "rich" in terms of heritage as cash eg stately Huillé, overlooking the church and turned to the Dormouse. The foundations may date back to the thirteenth century, while the main building, in the center, was redesigned in the eighteenth. Note also the beautiful staircase tower, ornate moldings (XVI). This property, owned at the end of the Middle Ages all the surrounding land has changed owners several times.
Located on the slopes, Château du Plessis-Registrar goes back to its oldest parts in the thirteenth century but the current flag classic style dates from the seventeenth.
We should also mention the area of La Bouchetière, a manor of the sixteenth which was modernized and belonged in the second half of the twentieth century to the family of Patrice Chéreau (his father, a painter, lived there), the farm and mill Chauffour, a beautiful washhouse, old houses in the village dating from the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries.
And of course the St. John the Baptist church, built in the fifteenth century but partly burned after being hit by lightning in 1910. Rebuilt, it has a remarkable wooden vault.
On the recreational level, you should contact the +33 6 20 59 50 21 to book a tennis court and +33 2 41 76 94 94 to know the rules if you want to take this step to fish in the Loir.
On the hiking plan (walking or cycling), it is now a necessity to borrow on the distance that you want, the course says Loir Cycling extending some 300 km, following the commune level the left bank of the river. Entirely marked suitable for two-wheeled vehicles as to walkers, it is even connected to the similar path arranged along the Loire. This route follows paths and small roads mostly paved but forbidden to cars. A good way to enjoy the green and bucolic landscape dominated by hills...
On the town also, circuits allow the south to gain the forest of Chambiers and protected areas for biodiversity or the village of Durtal and castles, to the east.
Maps and information +33 2 41 46 37 26 and +33 2 43 38 16 60.
