Fougerolles-du-Plessis
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| region | Pays de la Loire | |
| Department | Mayenne | |
| Arrondissement | Mayenne | |
| Canton | Gorron | |
| Community association | Bocage Mayennais | |
| Coordinates | 48 ° 28 ′ N , 0 ° 58 ′ W | |
| height | 128-232 m | |
| surface | 33.29 km 2 | |
| Residents | 1,205 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 36 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 53190 | |
| INSEE code | 53100 | |
 Church of the Immaculate Conception |
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Fougerolles-du-Plessis (until 1897 only Fougerolles ) is a French municipality with 1205 inhabitants (at 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 Landivy ).
Population development
| year | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2012 |
| Residents | 1,673 | 1,701 | 1,645 | 1,773 | 1,745 | 1,566 | 1,305 |
Attractions
- , Church of the Immaculate Conception (Église de l'Immaculée-Conception) in 1858 from the ruins of the nearby Abbey of Savigny erected
- Hospital (founded in 1709)
- Goué Castle (16th century)
- La Hautonière ruins
- Clairefontaine Castle (19th century)
- Manoir de la Barbottière (around 1775)
Personalities
- Jean-Baptiste-Michel Ouvrard de la Haie (1741–1821), priest, writer and counter-revolutionary, born in Fougerolles
- Sylvain Auguste de Marseul (1812–1890), entomologist , born in Fougerolles
- Marin-Marie (1901–1987), marine painter, companion of Jean-Baptiste Charcot
- Paul Laizé (1905–1988), secular priest, born in Fougerolles
Town twinning
- Abbeyleix (Ireland)
literature
- Le Patrimoine des Communes de la Mayenne. Flohic Editions, Volume 2, Paris 2002, ISBN 2-84234-135-X , pp. 494-501.
Web links
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