Couesmes-Vaucé

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Couesmes-Vaucé
Couesmes-Vaucé (France)
Couesmes-Vaucé
region Pays de la Loire
Department Mayenne
Arrondissement Mayenne
Canton Gorron
Community association Bocage Mayennais
Coordinates 48 ° 27 ′  N , 0 ° 43 ′  W Coordinates: 48 ° 27 ′  N , 0 ° 43 ′  W
height 100-206 m
surface 19.13 km 2
Residents 370 (January 1, 2017)
Population density 19 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code 53300
INSEE code

Couesmes-Vaucé is a French municipality with 370 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 Gorron (until 2015: canton of Ambrières-les-Vallées ). The inhabitants are called Couesmiens .

geography

Couesmes-Vaucé is located about 45 kilometers north-northeast of the city center of Laval . Couesmes-Vaucé is surrounded by the neighboring communities of Passais Villages in the north and west, Saint-Fraimbault in the north, Soucé in the northeast, Ceaucé in the east and northeast, Ambrières-les-Vallées in the east and southeast, Le Pas in the south, Brecé in the southwest as well Gorron to the west and south-west.

Population development

year 1962 1968 1975 1982 1990 1999 2006 2013
Residents 675 618 643 498 451 383 388 396
Source: Cassini and INSEE

Attractions

  • Menhir of Montcorbeau, Monument historique
  • Saint-Julien-du-Mans church in Couesmes from the 9th / 10th centuries century
  • Saint-Pierre church in Vaucé
  • Montcorbeau Castle
  • ruinous mansion of La Galardière
  • Former mill of La Broutière

literature

  • Le Patrimoine des Communes de la Mayenne. Flohic Editions, Volume 1, Paris 2002, ISBN 2-84234-135-X , pp. 53-55.

Web links

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