Mayenne department

Mayenne
region	Pays de la Loire
prefecture	Laval
Sub-prefecture (s)	Château-Gontier Mayenne
Residents	307,445 (Jan. 1, 2017)
Population density	59 inhabitants per km²
surface	5,174.31 km²
Arrondissements	3
Community associations	11
Cantons	17th
Communities	242
President of the Department Council	Olivier Richefou
ISO-3166-2 code	FR-53
Location of the department of Mayenne in the region Pays de la Loire

The Mayenne [ majɛn ] is the French department with the atomic number 53. It is in the northwest of the country in the Region Pays de la Loire and is named after the river Mayenne named. The capital of the department is Laval .

geography

Melleraye village, Dep. Mayenne by Camille Pissarro (1876)

The Mayenne department is bordered by the Manche and Orne departments to the north, Sarthe to the east, Maine-et-Loire to the south and Ille-et-Vilaine to the west .

The département is hilly country , which, according to its internal structure, is predominantly part of Brittany and, like this, consists of granite , slate and Paleozoic sandstones .

The main river is the Mayenne , which crosses the department from north to south. The two largest cities, Laval and Mayenne, are also located on it . The river valleys of Mayenne, Sarthe and Vilaine are not deeply cut and wide, the soil is mostly fertile.

coat of arms

Description: In blue with a red border and a continuous white wave hermlin stake, two golden lilies under a golden lion .

Attractions

• Allée couverte des Bonnes Dames
• Dolmen La Table des Diables
• Dolmen des Erves
• Allée couverte de la Hameliniere
• Allée couverte from Petit-Vieux-Sou

history

The department was formed on March 4, 1790 from the western part of the former province of Maine and the northern part of Anjou .

The population was around 375,000 in 1861, compared to 340,000 in 1886.

The department has belonged to the Pays de la Loire region since 1960 .

Cities

The most populous municipalities in the Mayenne department are:

city	Population (2017)	Arrondissement
Laval	49,728	Laval
Château-Gontier-sur-Mayenne	16,776	Château-Gontier
Mayenne	12,841	Mayenne
Evron	8,671
Saint-Berthevin	7,344	Laval
Bonchamp-lès-Laval	6,037
Changé	6,020
Ernée	5,731

Administrative division

The Mayenne department is divided into three arrondissements , 17 cantons and 254 communes :

Communes and arrondissements in the Mayenne department

Arrondissement	Cantons	Communities	Residents January 1, 2017	Area km²	Density of population / km²	Code INSEE
Château-Gontier	4th	76	73,615	1,527.39	48	531
Laval	7th	34	113,593	685.17	166	532
Mayenne	9	132	120,237	2,961.75	41	533
Mayenne department	17th	242	307,445	5,174.31	59	53

See also:

• List of communes in the Mayenne department
• List of cantons in the Mayenne department
• List of associations of municipalities in the Mayenne department

Partnerships

A regional partnership with the Bavarian district of Swabia has existed since 1987 .

literature

• Mayenne . In: Meyers Konversations-Lexikon . 4th edition. Volume 11, Verlag des Bibliographisches Institut, Leipzig / Vienna 1885–1892, p. 375.

Web links

Commons : Département Mayenne  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Mayenne department (French)
• Prefecture of the Mayenne department (French)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ lamayenne.fr ( Memento of the original from May 28, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved April 26, 2015. 

Coordinates: 47 ° 28 ′  N , 0 ° 32 ′  W