Fontaine envelope
| Fontaine envelope | ||
|---|---|---|
|
|
|
| region | Pays de la Loire | |
| Department | Mayenne | |
| Arrondissement | Château-Gontier | |
| Canton | Cossé-le-Vivien | |
| Community association | Pays de Craon | |
| Coordinates | 47 ° 54 ′ N , 1 ° 9 ′ W | |
| height | 59-102 m | |
| surface | 21.65 km 2 | |
| Residents | 441 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 20 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 53350 | |
| INSEE code | 53098 | |
 Town hall (Mairie) of Fontaine-Couverte |
||
Fontaine-Couverte is a commune with 441 inhabitants (as of January 1 2017) in Mayenne in the region Pays de la Loire . The municipality belongs to the canton of Cossé-le-Vivien (until 2015: canton of Saint-Aignan-sur-Roë ) in the arrondissement of Château-Gontier . Inhabitants of the commune arecalled Fontainois .
geography
Fontaine-Couverte is about 29 kilometers southwest of Laval . Fontaine-Couverte is surrounded by the neighboring municipalities of Cuillé and Gastines in the north, Ballots in the east, La Roë in the east and south-east, Saint-Michel-de-la-Roë in the south and south-east, Brains-les-Marches in the south and south-west, Rannée in the west and south-west and La Selle-Guerchaise in the north-west.
Population development
| year | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 | 2013 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Residents | 682 | 662 | 546 | 487 | 450 | 388 | 373 | 415 | ||||
| Source: Cassini and INSEE | ||||||||||||
Attractions
- Saint-Bomier Church
- 19th century windmill from Les Gues, a historic monument since 1989
literature
- Le Patrimoine des Communes de la Mayenne. Flohic Editions, Volume 2, Paris 2002, ISBN 2-84234-135-X , pp. 835-837.
Web links
Commons : Fontaine-Couverte - collection of images, videos and audio files
