Cossé-le-Vivien

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Cossé-le-Vivien
Coat of arms of Cossé-le-Vivien
Cossé-le-Vivien (France)
Cossé-le-Vivien
region Pays de la Loire
Department Mayenne
Arrondissement Château-Gontier
Canton Cossé-le-Vivien (main town)
Community association Pays de Craon
Coordinates 47 ° 57 ′  N , 0 ° 55 ′  W Coordinates: 47 ° 57 ′  N , 0 ° 55 ′  W
height 50-104 m
surface 44.41 km 2
Residents 3,134 (January 1, 2017)
Population density 71 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code 53230
INSEE code
Website http://www.cosse-le-vivien.fr/

Town hall (Mairie) of Cossé-le-Vivien

Cossé-le-Vivien is a French commune with 3,134 inhabitants (as of January 1 2017) in the department of Mayenne in the region Pays de la Loire ; it belongs to the arrondissement of Château-Gontier and is the capital of the canton of the same name, Cossé-le-Vivien . The inhabitants are called Cosséen (ne) s .

geography

Cossé-le-Vivien is located on the Oudon River . Cossé-le-Vivien is surrounded by the neighboring communities of Montjean in the north and north-west, Courbeveille in the north-east, Astillé in the east and north-east, Cosmes in the south-east, La Chapelle-Craonnaise in the south, Athée in the south and south-west, Livre-la-Touche in the south-west , Méral in the west and Beaulieau-sur-Oudon in the north-west.

The former National Route 178bis runs through the municipality .

Population development

1962 1968 1975 1982 1990 1999 2006 2012
2,415 2,443 2,626 2,780 2,806 2,706 2,867 2,987

Attractions

  • Saint-Gervais-et-Saint-Protais church
  • Le Bois-Ragot chapel from 1443
  • Les Bonnets chapel
  • La Normandière chapel from 1618
  • Les Courtois and La Herbretière chapels
  • Notre-Dame du Mont-Carmel chapel, built in 1818
  • Notre-Dame du Sacré-Cœur chapel from 1872
  • Robert Tatin Museum
Saint-Gervais et Saint-Protais church

Personalities

literature

  • Le Patrimoine des Communes de la Mayenne. Flohic Editions, Volume 1, Paris 2002, ISBN 2-84234-135-X , pp. 241-244.

Web links

Commons : Cossé-le-Vivien  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. Names of the inhabitants in the Mayenne department , accessed on May 2, 2015 (French)