Liré
Liré is a former commune in the Maine-et-Loire department in western France. On 15 December 2015, it was merged into the new commune Orée-d'Anjou. It was the home of the sixteenth-century French poet Joachim du Bellay and is mentioned in his poem "Heureux qui, comme Ulysse, a fait un beau voyage".
The village is situated between Nantes and Angers. There is an annual fest called "Comme dans l'temps". It takes play every last sunday of August.
Liré was a part of French Kingdom, from the moment that Anjou was considered in the french kingdom to.
It has in 2015 more than 2500 population. The soccer team of Liré is called Olympique Liré Drain. The team is on the PH division, it's the lowest division of the ligue atlantique de football, but it's higher than the district de Maine Et Loire. Liré's économy is mainly on agricultural way. It takes benefits of the proximity of Toyota's factory and all the services in Ancenis.
In the past Liré was called Lyré.
See also
Communes of the Maine-et-Loire department