Ampoigné

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Ampoigné
Ampoigné (France)
Ampoigné
local community Prée-d'Anjou
region Pays de la Loire
Department Mayenne
Arrondissement Château-Gontier
Coordinates 47 ° 49 ′  N , 0 ° 49 ′  W Coordinates: 47 ° 49 ′  N , 0 ° 49 ′  W
Post Code 53200
Former INSEE code 53004
Incorporation 1st January 2018
status Commune déléguée

Former town hall (Mairie) of Ampoigné

Ampoigné is a town and commune Déléguée in the French community Prée-d'Anjou with 570 inhabitants (at January 1, 2017) in the department of Mayenne in the region Pays de la Loire . The inhabitants are called Ampoignéens .

On January 1, 2018, the municipality of Ampoigné merged with Laigné to form the Commune nouvelle Prée-d'Anjou. Since then it has had the status of a Commune déléguée. The municipality of Ampoigné belonged to the arrondissement of Château-Gontier and the canton of Château-Gontier (until 2015: canton of Château-Gontier-Ouest ).

geography

Ampoigné is located around 35 kilometers south-southwest of Laval .

Population development

year 1962 1968 1975 1982 1990 1999 2006 2013
Residents 568 502 440 406 385 421 522 562
Source: Cassini and INSEE

Attractions

  • Church Saint-Jean-Baptiste
  • Ampoigné Castle (also La Cour Castle ), proven to be a manor as early as the 11th century, former gold mine on the castle grounds, Monument historique
  • La Chevrollière Castle

Personalities

literature

  • Le Patrimoine des Communes de la Mayenne. Flohic Editions, Volume 1, Paris 2002, ISBN 2-84234-135-X , pp. 177-180.

Web links

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