Prime city of Anjou and also entry to the Loire valley, Angers is distinguished as much with the richness of their history as for its cultural as well as economic dynamism.
16th largest area in France, with 156,000 occupants inside an urban section of 260,000 occupants, Angers is first and foremost a youthful area with more than 30,000 students.
Hence, if the towers of the impacting castle fortress observe quietly within the levels of the city, within the streets, museums, gardens, shops, gastronomic restaurants, art festivals as well as student life give color to the popular Angevin softness".
Angers can be found equidistant through Paris (2h30 by motorway as well as 1h30 by high-speed train) and from the Atlantic Ocean. Exceeding 300 km of navigable waterways and also 250km of footpaths for rambling, it delivers a range of activities for its occupants and its visitors.
With its face towards the future, Angers is nonetheless a town filled with history. And also what history! Since 50 BC on the period when Angers was called Juliomagus prior to the current rapid expansion, the town has seen growing through it some of the greatest figures within the history of France: the Plantagenêts, King René, the particular writer François Rabelais, the actual poet Joachim du Bellay, as well as the composer Clément Janequin and also the surgeon Ambroise Paré.
Let us view ultimately that Angers enjoys world-wide prestige by being the actual gateway to the Loire valley, recently recognized by UNESCO as a world heritage for humanity. The "cultural landscapes" surrounding the town and bordering the Loire are indeed of incomparable beauty and also represent without any doubt one of the most beautiful natural wet regions of Europe.