Place details
Place nameAngers
Other namesAndegavum, Juliomagus, Andegabum, Andegavis, Juliomagus Andium
CountryFrance
Latitude47.483
Longitude-0.533
SourceThesaurus of Geographic Names
Overview
Invaded by Northmen 9th century and by English in the 12th and 15th centuries; seat of counts of Anjou in the 9th century; later capital of duchy of Anjou; captured by Huguenots in 1585; site of Vendean royalists' defeat in 1793; still rich in medieval architecture.
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