Le Lion-d'Angers

Commune in Pays de la Loire, France

Coat of arms

Location of Le Lion-d'Angers

(2020–2026) Étienne Glémot^[1]Area

47.74 km² (18.43 sq mi)Population

(2021)^[2]

5,254 • Density110/km² (290/sq mi)Demonym(s)Lionnais, LionnaiseTime zoneUTC+01:00 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)INSEE/Postal code

49176 /49220

Elevation17–78 m (56–256 ft)
(avg. 13 m or 43 ft)¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Le Lion-d'Angers (French pronunciation: [lə ljɔ̃ dɑ̃ʒe] ^ⓘ) is a commune in the Maine-et-Loire department in western France. On 1 January 2016, the former commune of Andigné was merged into Le Lion-d'Angers.^[3]

Geography

The river Oudon forms part of the commune's southern border before joining the river Mayenne, which forms part of the commune's eastern border.

Population

The population data given in the table below refer to the commune in its geography as of January 2020.

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1968	2,478	—
1975	2,569	+0.52%
1982	2,983	+2.16%
1990	3,362	+1.51%
1999	3,609	+0.79%
2007	3,989	+1.26%
2012	4,268	+1.36%
2017	4,924	+2.90%
Source: INSEE^[4]

References

^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 13 September 2022.
^ "Populations légales 2021" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
^ Arrêté préfectoral Archived 2016-12-20 at the Wayback Machine 12 August 2015
^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE