Candé

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Commune in Pays de la Loire, France

Coat of arms

Location of Candé

(2020–2026) Pascal Crossouard^[1]Area

4.91 km² (1.90 sq mi)Population

(2021)^[2]

2,818 • Density570/km² (1,500/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)INSEE/Postal code

49054 /49440

Dialling codes0241¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Candé (French pronunciation: [kɑ̃de] ^ⓘ) is a commune in the Maine-et-Loire department in western France.

History

In the 11th century the village became an important military site for Anjou under baron Rorgon de Candé, at Fort-Castle of Candé.

Candé was noted in 2000-2001 as the residence of Marie Bremont, then the world's oldest person, who died at age 115.

Name

Candé comes from the a Celtic word condate which means confluence. There are two other villages in France with similar names:

Candé-sur-Beuvron in Loir-et-Cher (pop 1,208) - 170 km (110 mi) from Candé.
Candes-Saint-Martin in Indre-et-Loire (pop 227) - 90 km (56 mi) from Candé.

Population

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1968	2,444	—
1975	2,664	+1.24%
1982	2,653	−0.06%
1990	2,542	−0.53%
1999	2,595	+0.23%
2007	2,761	+0.78%
2012	2,909	+1.05%
2017	2,834	−0.52%
Source: INSEE^[3]

References

^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 13 September 2022.
^ "Populations légales 2021". The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE