Brains-sur-les-Marches
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| region | Pays de la Loire | |
| Department | Mayenne | |
| Arrondissement | Château-Gontier | |
| Canton | Cossé-le-Vivien | |
| Community association | Pays de Craon | |
| Coordinates | 47 ° 53 ′ N , 1 ° 11 ′ W | |
| height | 72-109 m | |
| surface | 7.68 km 2 | |
| Residents | 269 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 35 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 53350 | |
| INSEE code | 53041 | |
_Mairie.jpg) Town hall (Mairie) of Brains-sur-les-Marches |
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Brains-sur-les-Marches is a commune with 269 inhabitants (as of January 1 2017) in Mayenne in the region Pays de la Loire . The municipality belongs to the canton of Cossé-le-Vivien (until 2015: canton of Saint-Aignan-sur-Roë ) in the arrondissement of Château-Gontier . The inhabitants are called Brennois .
geography
Brains-sur-les-Marches is about 48 kilometers southwest of Laval . Brains-sur-les-Marches is surrounded by the neighboring communities of Rannée in the north and north-west, Fontaine-Couverte in the north and north-east, Saint-Michel-de-la-Roë in the east and south-east, and Saint-Aignan-sur-Roë in the south and Southeast as well as Drouges in the west.
Population development
| year | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 | 2013 |
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| Residents | 423 | 353 | 293 | 220 | 224 | 229 | 235 | 248 |
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Attractions
- Saint-Pierre church
- Monument to Cardinal Suhard
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Personalities
- Emmanuel Suhard (1874–1949), Bishop of Bayeux and Lisieux (1928–1930), Archbishop of Reims (1930–1940), Cardinal (1935–1949)
literature
- Le Patrimoine des Communes de la Mayenne. Flohic Editions, Volume 2, Paris 2002, ISBN 2-84234-135-X , pp. 829-831.
Web links
Commons : Brains-sur-les-Marches - collection of images, videos and audio files
