Angers

Angers () is the main ceety in the Maine-et-Loire depairtment in wastren Fraunce aboot  sooth-wast o Paris. Angers is locatit in the French region kent bi its pre-revolutionary, provincial name, Anjou, an its inhabitants are cried Angevins.

Angers proper haes a population o 157,000 inhabitants, while c. 283,000 live in its metropolitan aurie. The ceety traces its ruits tae early Roman times. It occupees baith banks o the Maine, which is spanned bi sax brigs. The destrict alang the river haes flourishin nurseries an mercat gardens. It is kent for its fresh produce an cut flouers.

 Twin touns – sister ceeties 
Angers is twinned wi:
  Haarlem, Netherlands, syne 1964
  Osnabrück, Germany, syne 1964
  Bamako, Mali, syne 1974
  Pisa, Italy, syne 1982
  Wigan, Unitit Kinrick, syne 1988
  Södertälje, Swaden, syne 1998
  Seville, Spain, syne 2000
  Yantai, Cheenae, syne 2006

 References 


 Notes 

 Freemit airtins 

 Offeecial wabsteid
 Offeecial wabsteid 
 Angers Info 
 University o Angers 
 ESSCA
 Angers SCO Offeecial Wabsteid 
 The offeecial wabsteid o Angers Tourist Information Centre 
 “A Visit to the Slate Quarries of Angers,” France, article from the Scientific American – Supplement No. 974, Munn & Co., New York, 1894, on Stone Quarries and Beyond.


Category:Communes o Maine-et-Loire
Category:Prefecturs in Fraunce