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The Château de Bourmont is located in the commune of Vallons-de-l'Erdre, in the Loire-Atlantique department (Pays de la Loire region). Formerly integrated with the Barony of Candé, on the border between Anjou and Brittany, it embodies a seigneury attested since the fourteenth century. His first lords were the La Tour-Landry, followed by the Maillé de La Tour-Landry, then the Ghaisne de Bourmont from 1691, after the marriage of Marie-Hélène de Maillé with Marie-Henry de Ghaisne. This family still owns it today.

The site retains traces of a medieval defensive apparatus, but its current buildings run from the 16th to the 19th century. The north tower dates from the 16th century, while the commons and orangery, Louis XIV style, were erected in 1702. The Neo-Gothic house, designed by architects Bibard and Lediberder, was completed in 1892. The castle has been partially listed as historical monuments since 1993.

Bourmont Castle plays a key role in French military history: it is the birthplace (1773) and deathplace (1846) of Marshal Louis Auguste Victor de Ghaisne de Bourmont, figure of the conquest of Algiers in 1830. During the caulianry (1795), it housed the headquarters of the Viscount de Scépaux. These events highlight its anchoring in the conflicts and political strategies of its time.

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