Gastines
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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 ° 57 ′ N , 1 ° 6 ′ W | |
| height | 65-93 m | |
| surface | 8.85 km 2 | |
| Residents | 166 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 19 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 53540 | |
| INSEE code | 53102 | |
 Town hall (Mairie) of Gastines with church |
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Gastines (also: Gastines-en-Anjou ) is a French municipality with 166 inhabitants (as of January 1 2017) in the department of Mayenne in the region Pays de la Loire ; it is part of the arrondissement of Château-Gontier and the canton of Cossé-le-Vivien . The inhabitants are called Gastinais .
geography
Gastines is about 30 kilometers southwest of Laval . Gastines is surrounded by the neighboring communities of Cuillé in the north and west, Laubrières in the east and northeast, Ballots in the east and southeast and Fontaine-Couverte in the south and west.
Population development
| year | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 | 2013 |
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| Residents | 230 | 239 | 200 | 168 | 166 | 162 | 193 | 159 |
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Attractions
- Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption church from the 11th century with renovations from the 15th / 16th century. century
literature
- Le Patrimoine des Communes de la Mayenne. Flohic Editions, Volume 1, Paris 2002, ISBN 2-84234-135-X , pp. 247-248.
Web links
Commons : Gastines - collection of pictures, videos and audio files
