Les Cerqueux-sous-Passavant

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City facts

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Overview

Les Cerqueux-sous-Passavant is a former commune in the Maine-et-Loire department in western France. On 1 January 2016, it was merged into the new commune of Lys-Haut-Layon.

Geography

Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.

Air quality

Current readings from Open-Meteo Air Quality API (Copernicus CAMS European reanalysis).

Wildlife & biodiversity

Citizen-science & research observations from the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF).

Earthquake history

Events from the USGS Earthquake Catalog (global) (FDSN Event Web Service).

Notable people from here

Henry Robert Nicollon des Abbayes

French botanist, lichenologist and plant collector (1898-1974)

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Clément Cailleau

Prefect of the what is now the Roman Catholic Diocese of Tambacounda, Senegal (1923–2011)

Gérard Defois

French priest and theologian

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Jean-Baptiste Bertrand Armand Cadéot

French colonial administrator (1795-1849)

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Philippe Braud

French lawyer

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Pierre Robin

French aircraft designer, manufacturer (1927–2020)

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Séraphin Denécheau

French sculptor

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Jean-Baptiste Michel Delorme

French politician

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Charles François Philippe de Charnières

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Pascal Tirot

Nicolas Bazin

manager of the Colbert-Maulévrier castle then captain of the Vendée army and clerk in Segré

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Clément Rousseau

French sculptor (1872-1950)

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Auguste Blandeau

People born within ~10 km, from Wikidata (CC0). Click any name for their Wikipedia article.

Nearby places in Pays de la Loire

• Somloire
  8.4 mi away · pop. 866
• Melay
  11.9 mi away · pop. 1,668
• Yzernay
  12.6 mi away · pop. 1,822
• Brossay
  12.6 mi away · pop. 344
• Forges
  12.9 mi away · pop. 258
• Montfort
  13.6 mi away · pop. 112
• Les Alleuds
  14.8 mi away · pop. 889
• Vauchrétien
  15.4 mi away · pop. 1,478
• Saint-Lambert-du-Lattay
  15.5 mi away · pop. 3,464
• Grézillé
  16.1 mi away · pop. 551
• Antoigné
  16.7 mi away · pop. 460
• Mazières-en-Mauges
  17 mi away · pop. 1,274

Browse all places in Pays de la Loire →

Geography & sun

Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.

Public attention

Pageview totals from the Wikimedia Pageviews API.

Recently spotted species

European Peacock Butterfly

Aglais io

Seen 2026-07-01

Scarce Swallowtail

Iphiclides podalirius

Seen 2026-06-26

black mulberry

Morus nigra

Seen 2026-06-25

Common Pipistrelle

Pipistrellus pipistrellus

Seen 2026-06-21

field bindweed

Convolvulus arvensis

Seen 2026-06-14

European Rose Chafer

Cetonia aurata

Seen 2026-06-12

Small Emperor Moth

Saturnia pavonia

Seen 2026-06-11

Thick-legged Flower Beetle

Oedemera nobilis

Seen 2026-06-09

Marbled White

Melanargia galathea

Seen 2026-06-09

Research-grade observations from iNaturalist (within ~15 mi).

Gallery

Geotagged photos within ~6 miles of Les Cerqueux-sous-Passavant, from Wikimedia Commons contributors.

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