Legend has it that the town derives its name from what the town has emerged from the forest - from the Latin "silva" meaning "forest". The forest Verrières gateway to Angers, in fact covered this territory until the millennium.
The archaeological remains of a motte dating at least the 12th century and 15th century moat are still visible in the district of La Haie Joulain. Nearby, in the heart of the Parc André Delibes, is the reconstruction of a stronghold of the millennium. Ancestor of the stone castle, the castle motte is built entirely of wood and earth. This site is the reconstructed result of a consultation between archaeologists, historians and journeyman carpenters.
Saint-Sylvain-d'Anjou has the distinction of being "a village park." A set of common landscaped travels. A planning policy encourages the planting of hedges separative in subdivisions ventilated by the presence of numerous emails. At the entrance southwest of the town, is an orchard with more backup than 650 old varieties of apples and pears.
The footpath leads from the green belt the walker into the heart of the town where the oldest seat Magnolia grandiflora 'Exmouth' of France (250 years) to lead to the Parc André Delibes. This park of the town of Angers great covers 20 hectares with its wood and three parts water. This will make Saint-Sylvain-d'Anjou fuelbreak the heart of the Angevin urbanization in fact a "village-park" where there is the sweetness of life.
