Gennes-sur-Glaize
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| local community | Gennes-Longuefuye | |
| region | Pays de la Loire | |
| Department | Mayenne | |
| Arrondissement | Château-Gontier | |
| Coordinates | 47 ° 51 ′ N , 0 ° 36 ′ W | |
| Post Code | 53200 | |
| Former INSEE code | 53104 | |
| Incorporation | 1st January 2019 | |
| status | Commune déléguée | |
Gennes-sur-Glaize is a town and commune Déléguée in the French commune of Gennes-Longuefuye with 997 inhabitants (as of January 1 2017) in the department of Mayenne in the region Pays de la Loire . The inhabitants are called Gennois .
The municipality of Gennes-sur-Glaize merged with Longuefuye on January 1, 2019 to form the Commune nouvelle Gennes-Longuefuye. Since then it has had the status of a Commune déléguée. The municipality of Gennes-sur-Glaize was part of the arrondissement of Château-Gontier and the canton of Azé (until 2015: canton of Bierné ).
geography
Gennes-sur-Glaize is about 62 kilometers west-southwest of Le Mans . Gennes-sur-Glaize is surrounded by the villages of Longuefuye in the north, Grez-en-Bouère in the east, Bierné-les-Villages with Bierné in the south-east, Châtelain in the south and south-east, Azé in the west and Fromentières in the north-west.
Population development
| year | 1793 | 1800 | 1876 | 1901 | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 | 2013 |
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| Residents | 1,200 | 1,100 | 1,137 | 1,032 | 800 | 743 | 801 | 759 | 739 | 790 | 937 | 986 |
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Attractions
- Sainte-Opportune church
literature
- Le Patrimoine des Communes de la Mayenne. Flohic Editions, Volume 1, Paris 2002, ISBN 2-84234-135-X , pp. 136-137.
