Angers, France
1916

Angers, a city of France, capital of the department of Maine-et-Loire, on the Maine, just below the junction of the Sarthe and the Mayenne, and 4 miles N. of its junction with the Loire, on the railway from Tours to Nantes, 190 miles SW. of Paris. Lat, of cathedral, 47° 28' 17" N. ; Lon. 0° 33' 10" W. Its most remarkable structures are the massive castle, once the stronghold of the dukes of Anjou, now a powder-magazine, the splendid mediaeval cathedral of St. Maurice, the Hospice St. Jean, founded by Henry II. of Eng land, and the tower of St. Austin. The Maine divides Angers into an upper and a lower town, and its old walls are converted into boulevards planted with trees and lined with handsome houses. There are fine modern quays and bridges. Angers has several rich museums, a library of 60,000 volumes, a school of arts and trades, a school of painting, a conservatory of music, and many professional and other schools, and is the seat of the University Catholique de l'Ouest. It is a bishop's see and is the seat of several learned societies of high repute. It has manufactories of linen and woollen stuffs, cotton and silk twist, hosiery, sail-cloth, metallic wares, etc In the vicinity are immense slate-quarries. The population was in 1670 about 60,000. After the revocation of the edict of Nantes it gradually declined, and in 1789, before the revolution, was 27,596. Since 1815 the prosperity of the city has revived. Pop. in 1891, 72,669; in 1901, 74.421.

Lippincotts New Gazetteer: A Complete Pronouncing Gazetteer Or Geographical Dictionary of the World, Containing the Most Recent and Authentic Information Respecting the Countries, Cities, Towns, Resorts, Islands, Rivers, Mountains, Seas, Lakes, Etc., in Every Portion of the Globe, Part 1 Angelo Heilprin Louis Heilprin - January 1, 1916 J.B. Lippincott - Publisher

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