Villebernier; City-Bernier Bernon Villa ...
By decomposing the name appears Villebernier a Gallo-Roman. A "villa", a large agricultural area of antiquity is the origin of the town. In 1860 traces of foundations and fragments of Roman tiles are reported at a place called The Nuns.
Bernier recall an owner name of the place. An agricultural settlement on the fertile alluvium of the Loire already marks the vocation of gardening Villebernier.
Fertile but flood, fortified farms grow away from Turkey (withdrawn) staple. In the 11th century a church dedicated to Saint Maimbeuf occupies the center of town. Lords and abbeys share the land of the valley. The Duke of Anjou, the good King Rene, in 1444 acquired the manor of Launay, flagship of the town.
The Loire offers a line of communication is essential before the arrival of the railroad. Merchant mariners and dock at three points: Penvigne port, Port St. Maimbeuf, port Roux. The cultivation of hemp-related Navy seizes the Loire Valley. Kilns hemp is growing.
All these activities remain under the threat of floods. The chapel of Waters reminiscent of 1843, among many others ... Nevertheless it is good to live in the valley. From mansions built between the 15th and 19th demonstrated.
Between 1918 and 1919, Villebernier has seen intense activity related to the American camp "Strathcona and Mount Royal. Located near the railway there repairing rolling stock landed at St. Nazaire and sent to the eastern front.
Between June 1940 and August 1944, German troops occupied the town. In 1943, resistance was organized. Villebernier but will not face the destruction and tragedies of her neighbor Saumur.
Today Villebernier remains a common gardening and horticulture. The threat of flooding, controlled by RPP limit urban development. The Loire is not sailed, but it becomes a tourist attraction with the classification of landscapes as World Heritage.
