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Angers - My home town

Angers is a city in the Maine-et-Loire department in northwestern France about 300 km south-west of Paris. Angers is located in the French region known by its pre-revolutionary, provincial name, Anjou, and its inhabitants are called Angevins.
There are 157,000 people in the city of Angers and close to 283,000 in its metropolitan area. The city traces its roots to early Roman times. It occupies both banks of the Maine, which is spanned by six bridges. The district along the river is famous for its flourishing nurseries and market gardens. It is well known for its fresh produce and cut flowers.
Angers in figures
• Population: 156,327 (City of Angers) 260,000 (urban area of 29 municipalities).
• France 16th city
• 300 km from Paris, 90 km from Nantes, 110 km from Tours.
• Motorways: A11 Nantes-Paris, A85 Angers-Saumur, A87 Angers/Les Sables-d’Olonne
• High-speed rail: 1hr 30mins from Paris, 3hrs 40mins from Brussels, 4 hrs from Lyons, 5hrs 45 mins from Marseilles.
• Airport: Angers-Marcé: daily flights to 14 destinations in France and Europe.
• 21 city bus routes.
• Twinned with: Bamako (Mali), Haarlem (Netherlands), Pisa (Italy), Osnabrück (Germany), Seville (Spain), Södertälje (Sweden) and Wigan (England).
Picture shows houseboats on the river « La Maine » and typical « Tuffeau » stone houses from the region (Pays de Loire – Loire Valley)

Sources : Angers.fr // Wikipedia