Angers
Angers is a city in the west of France. Around 160,000 inhabitants live inside the city and 300,000 live in the metropolitan area.
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| Country | France |
| Region | Pays de la Loire |
| Department | Maine-et-Loire |
| Arrondissement | Angers |
| Intercommunality | Communauté d'agglomération d'Angers Loire Métropole |
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| Elevation | 12–64 m (39–210 ft) |
| Land area1 | 42.70 km2 (16.49 sq mi) |
| Population2 | 149,017 (2012) |
| - Density | 3,490/km2 (9,000/sq mi) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 49007/ 49000 |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
| 2 Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once. | |
It is the capital of the historical province called Anjou. Today, the name of Anjou is Maine-et-Loire. The inhabitants of Angers and of Anjou are called 'angevins'.
The city existed before the Roman Empire. After the Roman conquest, the city was called Juliomagus. Angers was an important French city during the Middle-Ages. There is one of the bigger castles of Europe in the city.
It is now the 16th city of France (for its population). It is an economic center, a touristic and cultural town. Many festivals happen every year in the city (film festival 'Premiers plans', street festivals 'Tours de scène' and the famous 'Accroches-coeurs'). It has many museums. The museum of Beaux-Arts (a famous Art museum) and "Apocalypse Tapestry" (the oldest and largest collection of medieval tapestries in the world) are very famous.
There are two universities. More than 17,000 students go to the 'Université d'Angers' (a state university) and 12,000 go to the 'Université Catholique de l'Ouest' (a private catholic university). The 'École supérieure des sciences commerciales d'Angers' is one of the most prestigious business school in France.
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Angers Media
Coat of arms under Napoleon's rule
The confluence of the Maine and the Loire some 4 miles (6.4 km) south west of Angers[1]
Angers around 1850, with the river Maine at the middle, the castle and the medieval town on the right bank and La Doutre and its river port on the left bank
Gardens in the castle moat.
A model of a sword from the Bronze Age discovered in the 2000s in the Maine riverbed
The castle, seat of the Plantagenêt dynasty
The Hospice Saint-Jean, founded by Henry II Plantagenêt
René of Naples and Anjou, nicknamed Good King René, and his second wife, Jeanne de Laval
