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Moulin à vent de la Pinsonnerie

Faye-d'Anjou, Maine-et-Loire, France

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Designation
Historic monument, registered (inscrit)
Protection
inscrit MH
Extent of protection
Moulin à vent de la Pinsonnerie (cad. D 708) : inscription par arrêté du 22 mai 1978
Protection dates
1978/05/22 : inscrit MH
Type
moulin
Main period of construction
2e moitié 18e siècle
Ownership
propriété privée
Commune
Faye-d'Anjou
Département
Maine-et-Loire
Region
Pays de la Loire
Country
France
Coordinates
47.28623, -0.52893
Mérimée reference
PA00109101

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

5 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1723 map "Le Duche D'Anjou." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).

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The Ministère de la Culture's notice

Le moulin à vent, à farine, de la Pinsonnerie a été construit à la fin du 18e siècle. Il est de type cavier, à cône en maçonnerie. Il est équipé d'ailes Berton et a cessé son activité en 1926. Ses mécanismes sont en bon état.£La masse circulaire comprend deux caves parallèles dont la cave principale menant à la base du massereau qui contient deux paires de meules alors qu'en 1867 il ne s'en trouvait qu'une. Par la terrasse de la masse on accède à la partie haute du massereau dont le cône contient un nettoyeur de blé. La hucherolle est virée grâce à son échelle servant de guivre ; les verges à scions portent des volées Berton classiques à onze planches.

English translation

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The windmill, flour mill, of la Pinsonnerie was built at the end of the 18th century. It is of cavité type, with a masonry cone. It is equipped with Berton sails and ceased operation in 1926. Its mechanisms are in good condition. The circular mass comprises two parallel caves of which the main cave leads to the base of the mill shaft which contains two pairs of millstones whereas in 1867 there was only one. By the terrace of the mass one accesses the upper part of the mill shaft whose cone contains a wheat cleaner. The hucherolle is turned by means of its ladder serving as vane; the rods with brushes carry classic Berton flights of eleven boards.

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Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.

Base Mérimée, Ministère de la Culture, data last updated 2026-09-17, reused under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab). Record text is reproduced unchanged. Ministère de la Culture · Licence Ouverte 2.0
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