Averton
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region | Pays de la Loire | |
Department | Mayenne | |
Arrondissement | Mayenne | |
Canton | Villaines-la-Juhel | |
Community association | Mont des Avaloirs | |
Coordinates | 48 ° 20 ′ N , 0 ° 13 ′ W | |
height | 124-292 m | |
surface | 40.62 km 2 | |
Residents | 585 (January 1, 2017) | |
Population density | 14 inhabitants / km 2 | |
Post Code | 53700 | |
INSEE code | 53013 | |
![]() Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption church |
Averton is a French municipality with 585 inhabitants (as of January 1 2017) in Mayenne in the region Pays de la Loire . It belongs to the arrondissement of Mayenne and the canton of Villaines-la-Juhel . The inhabitants are called Avertonnais .
geography
Averton is about 20 kilometers west-southwest of Alençon . Averton is surrounded by the neighboring communities of Crennes-sur-Fraubée in the north and north-west, Gesvres in the east, Saint-Paul-le-Gauthier in the south-east, Saint-Aubin-du-Désert in the south, Courcité in the south-west and Villaines-la-Juhel in the West.
Population development
year | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 | 2013 |
Residents | 595 | 542 | 521 | 551 | 582 | 601 | 648 | 607 |
Source: Cassini and INSEE |
Attractions
- Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption church from the 15th century
- Lorgerie Castle from the 17th century
Personalities
- Alain Meslet (born 1950), cyclist
literature
- Le Patrimoine des Communes de la Mayenne. Flohic Editions, Volume 2, Paris 2002, ISBN 2-84234-135-X , pp. 907-910.
Web links
Commons : Averton - collection of images, videos and audio files