Cuillé
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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 ° 58 ′ N , 1 ° 7 ′ W | |
| height | 57-103 m | |
| surface | 21.66 km 2 | |
| Residents | 871 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 40 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 53540 | |
| INSEE code | 53088 | |
 Town hall (Mairie) of Cuillé |
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Cuillé is a French municipality with 871 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 part of the canton of Cossé-le-Vivien . The inhabitants are called Cuilléens .
geography
Cuillé is located about 28 kilometers west-southwest of Laval . Cuillé is surrounded by the neighboring communities of Gennes-sur-Seiche and Brielles in the north, La Perthe in the northeast, Méral and Saint-Poix in the east, Laubrières in the south and southeast, Gastines and Fontaine-Couverte in the south, La Selle-Guerchaise in the southwest as well Availles-sur-Seiche to the west.
Population development
| 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 | 2013 |
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| 1,082 | 997 | 861 | 827 | 863 | 849 | 929 | 916 |
| Source: Cassini and INSEE | |||||||
Attractions
- Saint-Martin church from the 12th century, renovations from the 15th, 17th and 19th centuries
- Saint-Bruno-et-Saint-Charles chapel from 1869
Personalities
- René Charpentier (1680–1723), sculptor
- Auguste François Annibal de Farcy (1706–1771), Bishop of Quimper
- Adolphe Le Chaptois (1852-1917), missionary
- André Foucher (* 1933), racing cyclist
literature
- Le Patrimoine des Communes de la Mayenne. Flohic Editions, Volume 1, Paris 2002, ISBN 2-84234-135-X , pp. 244–245.
Web links
Commons : Cuillé - collection of images, videos and audio files
