Ambrières-les-Vallées
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| region | Pays de la Loire | |
| Department | Mayenne | |
| Arrondissement | Mayenne | |
| Canton | Gorron | |
| Community association | Bocage Mayennais | |
| Coordinates | 48 ° 24 ′ N , 0 ° 38 ′ W | |
| height | 95-162 m | |
| surface | 38.78 km 2 | |
| Residents | 2,739 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 71 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 53300 | |
| INSEE code | 53003 | |
| Website | www.ambriereslesvallees.fr | |
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Ambrières-les-Vallées is a French commune with 2,739 inhabitants (as of January 1 2017) in the department of Mayenne in the region Pays de la Loire . The municipality belongs to the arrondissement of Mayenne and the canton of Gorron (until 2015: canton of Ambrières-les-Vallées ). The inhabitants are called Amboriverain .
geography
Ambrières-les-Vallées is located on the Varenne River , which flows into the Mayenne here , which also forms the eastern municipal boundary. The parish is part of the Normandy-Maine Regional Nature Park . Ambrières-les-Vallées is surrounded by the neighboring communities of Ceaucé in the north, Loré in the northeast, Chantrigné in the east, Saint-Loup-du-Gast in the east and southeast, La Haie-Traversaine in the south and southeast, Oisseau in the south and southwest, Le Pas in the west and Couesmes-Vaucé in the northwest.
The former Routes nationales 162 and 806 run through the municipality .
history
Until 1910 the municipality was only called Ambrières . From then until 1972 Ambrières-le-Grand . In 1972 the municipalities of Cignè and La Haie-Traversaine were incorporated and the name was changed to the current one. 1986 La Haie-Traversaine became an independent municipality again.
| 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 | 2012 |
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| 1,610 | 1,821 | 2,561 | 2,679 | 2,841 | 2,903 | 2,775 | 2,801 |
Attractions
- Notre-Dame Romanesque church , built at the end of the 11th century, a historic monument since 1953
- Champs Mill, a historic monument since 1995
- Castle of Henry I of England
- Ruins of Châteauneuf Castle with donjon
- Le Tertre Castle
Personalities
- Athanase Auger (1734-1792), Hellenist
- Louis Tanquerel des Planches (1810–1862), physician and agronomist
- Jacques Foccart (1913–1997), politician
literature
- Le Patrimoine des Communes de la Mayenne. Flohic Editions, Volume 1, Paris 2002, ISBN 2-84234-135-X , pp. 43-47.
