Cossé-le-Vivien
Cossé-le-Vivien | ||
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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 | |
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 | 53077 | |
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 |
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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
Personalities
- Jules-Ernest Houssay (1844–1912), Old Catholic bishop and spiritual healer
- Robert Tatin (1902–1983), artist
literature
- Le Patrimoine des Communes de la Mayenne. Flohic Editions, Volume 1, Paris 2002, ISBN 2-84234-135-X , pp. 241-244.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Names of the inhabitants in the Mayenne department , accessed on May 2, 2015 (French)