Bazouges Cré sur Loir is a commune in the Sarthe in Pays de la Loire, 7 km west of the Arrow, bordering the Maine-et-Loire and the historical and tourist town of Durtal.
It was formally established on 1 January 2017 following the merger of Bazouges-sur-le-Loir, its seat (1267 inhabitants) and Cre-sur-Loir (808 inhabitants), so now boasting nearly 2,100 inhabitants.
The vast territory of the new town (47 km²) is crossed by the course of the Loir, former Bazouges villages lying to the north, on the right bank, and the Cre south, on the right bank.
Belonging already to the historic region of Maine, Bazouges Cré sur Loir enjoys a green environment conducive to "nature activities" including protected areas to their ecosystem. Its heritage is also very dense, legacy of a history marked by the establishment of prosperous manors and noble residences. Ancient barony, Bazouges depended on the Seneschal of La Fleche, and Founded in parallel under the influence of the same nobleman, the Marquis de la Varenne.
Agricultural activity is now complemented by trade and tourism in the heart of an area rich in attractions. Bazouges Cré sur Loir thus proves a pleasant step before continuing stay in Loire.
In terms of heritage, a discovery of the new joint may begin with Bazouges Castle, a medieval fortress built from the eleventh century, largely rebuilt in the fifteenth and eighteenth to gain comfort. Ranked in 1928, the castle bordering the Loir includes several main buildings and oval towers that mark the entrance. One of them houses a Renaissance chapel. The field is completed by pleasant gardens with Italian and French. A visit can admire the guard room or the eighteenth rooms, and includes the old mill and a needle dam, the last still operating in the department. Information +33 2 43 45 32 62.
Other castles, for some protected as historical monuments, are visible on the territory of Bazouges. Such as those of La Barbee (XV, XIX), Fountains (XV, XVIII), Ambrières (eighteenth and nineteenth) or St. Barbara Marigné (XVII). It also identifies mansions, according to the hamlets, and back in the village, we visit with interest the Saint-Aubin church, built at the beginning of the eleventh century Romanesque-style building still has a sculpted portal XII, a decorated wooden vault (XV) and the church, listed in 1862, houses a triptych of the seventeenth. Open every day.
It ends this overview of Bazouges by the tower of the pillory, near the church, which is actually a sixteenth stair tower formerly dependent on high quality accommodation.
In the next level of Cre-sur-Loir, we will focus at the Saint-Martin-de-Vertou church, built in the eleventh century and whose square-shaped bell tower dates back to the twelfth and the former church parish of Sainte-Marie-des-Champs (XV), which depended on a priory founded by the Benedictine Abbey of St. Sergius of Angers located on the other side of the river.
It connects the mansion Blottière, founded in the thirteenth and redesigned in the fifteenth and eighteenth: Protestant lair, he was with defensive elements (moats, loopholes pierced walls). Successively agriculture and residence, the mansion is back in the twentieth an appointment hunting. The exterior of this listed area are open to the public from 14 July to late August.
Finally, in terms of heritage, yet report the Court of Cré, a stately home where we did justice, built in the eleventh century after the Revolution became a farm.
One step at Bazouges Cré sur Loir may then include the visit of two original museums.
The first is dedicated to "Tin" and presents a once familiar antiques collections (including cooking utensils) but also documents and objects relating to the local school of the early twentieth century. Information at +33 2 43 45 34 09.
The second is devoted to the local fauna and exhibits collections of stuffed animals and "dioramas" that is to say reconstructions of natural environments. Information at +33 2 43 45 32 77.
In terms of activities "nature", precisely, the new town has built many pleasant picnic areas in season.
The territory is also ready to hiking... or motorbikes. The course of the Loir is indeed bordered by a "cycle route" that connects its source to its confluence with the Loire, near Angers. Either a 230 km track!
Another circuit borrow walk to discover the marsh Created a set of 65 hectares protected including reed beds, canals, meadows, wet woodland, bordering the Loir. It identifies 150 species of birds and 300 plant species but also 15 species of fish and many amphibians. Learning paths have been created for visitors with family.
Other trails join Durtal.
Maps and information +33 2 43 38 16 60.
For anglers, whether or ponds Loir marking out territory, learn about suitable sites and regulation with the local association +33 6 20 20 30 51.
sportiness, finally, also a city stadium, the resort has tennis courts have to book with the +33 6 73 25 27 16.
