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Sèvremoine
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Sèvremoine is a commune in the Maine-et-Loire department of western France. Saint-Macaire-en-Mauges is the municipal seat.
It was established on 15 December 2015 and consists of the former communes of Le Longeron, Montfaucon-Montigné, La Renaudière, Roussay, Saint-André-de-la-Marche, Saint-Crespin-sur-Moine, Saint-Germain-sur-Moine, Saint-Macaire-en-Mauges, Tillières and Torfou.
The Musée des Métiers de la Chaussure de Saint-André-de-la-Marche (Maine-et-Loire, France) is a museum founded in 1995 and located in a former factory in 1919 that explains the manufacture of shoes.
During the early years of the French revolutionary wars, the town found itself at the heart of the counter-revolutionary struggle in the Vendée, especially on 19 September 1793, with the Battle of Torfou. This battle pitted many Royalist military leaders against Republican troops under Kléber and Canclaux and followed by a period of brutal government repression.
Sights include:
- La Pierre Tournisse, round monolith of granite standing on an hillock at Torfou.
- La Colonne, column situated at the crossroads of roads D149 and D753, commemorating the Battle of Torfou.
- La Voie Romaine, a Roman road which was following the Sèvre Nantaise river and linking Nantes to Poitiers during Roman times.
- Les bords de Sèvre, the Sèvre Nantaise river banks.
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