Maine-et-Loire

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Maine-et-Loire
Department of France
Prefecture gardens in Angers
Flag Coat of arms
Location of Maine-et-Loire in France
Coordinates: 47°27′N 0°36′W / 47.450°N 0.600°W / 47.450; -0.600
Country	France
Region	Pays de la Loire
Prefecture	Angers
Subprefectures	Cholet Saumur Segré-en-Anjou Bleu
Government
• President of the Departmental Council	Florence Dabin[1] (DVD)
Area 1
• Total	7,107 km2 (2,744 sq mi)
Population  (2021)[2]
• Total	824,743
• Rank	28th
• Density	120/km2 (300/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Department number	49
Arrondissements	4
Cantons	21
Communes	177
^1 French Land Register data, which exclude estuaries and lakes, ponds and glaciers larger than 1 km2

Maine-et-Loire (French pronunciation: [mɛn e lwaʁ] ^ⓘ) is a department in the Loire Valley in the Pays de la Loire region in Western France. It is named after the two rivers, Maine and the Loire. It borders Mayenne and Sarthe to the north, Loire-Atlantique to the west, Indre-et-Loire to the east, Vienne and Deux-Sèvres to the south, Vendée to the south-west, and Ille-et-Vilaine to the north-west. It also borders Ille-et-Vilaine in the north for just 20 yards (19 m), France's shortest department boundary. Its prefecture is Angers; its subprefectures are Cholet, Saumur and Segré-en-Anjou Bleu. Maine-et-Loire had a population of 818,273 in 2019.^[3]