Candé

For other uses, see Cande (disambiguation).

Candé
Commune
The church and the old town
Coat of arms
Country	France
Region	Pays de la Loire
Department	Maine-et-Loire
Arrondissement	Segré
Canton	Segré-en-Anjou Bleu
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Pascal Crossouard
Area1	4.91 km2 (1.90 sq mi)
Population (Jan. 2018)2
INSEE/Postal code	49054 / 49440
Dialling codes	0241
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. 2 Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.

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

See also

• Communes of the Maine-et-Loire department