Gesvres (Mayenne)
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| region | Pays de la Loire | |
| Department | Mayenne | |
| Arrondissement | Mayenne | |
| Canton | Villaines-la-Juhel | |
| Community association | Mont des Avaloirs | |
| Coordinates | 48 ° 22 ′ N , 0 ° 9 ′ W | |
| height | 145-301 m | |
| surface | 21.78 km 2 | |
| Residents | 519 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 24 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 53370 | |
| INSEE code | 53106 | |
| Website | http://www.gesvres.mairie53.fr/ | |
Gesvres is a French municipality with 519 inhabitants (as of January 1 2017) in Mayenne in the region Pays de la Loire ; it belongs to the arrondissement of Mayenne and the canton of Villaines-la-Juhel . The inhabitants are called Gesvrois .
geography
Gesvres is located about 39 kilometers east-northeast of Mayenne and about 20 kilometers west-southwest of Alençon . The parish is part of the Normandy-Maine Regional Nature Park . Gesvres is surrounded by the neighboring communities of Pré-en-Pail-Saint-Samson in the north and north-west, Saint-Pierre-des-Nids in the north and north-east, Saint-Léonard-des-Bois in the east and south-east, Saint-Paul-le- Gaultier in the south and southeast, Averton in the south and west and Crennes-sur-Fraubée in the northwest.
Population development
| 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 | 2013 | |
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| 651 | 625 | 573 | 486 | 489 | 543 | 532 | 549 | |
| Source: Cassini and INSEE | ||||||||
Attractions
- Saint-Pierre church from the 12th century
- Sainte-Catherine Chapel.
- Chapel of Rouvadin
- Saint-Sulpice chapel
- Menhir Pierre au Diable
literature
- Le Patrimoine des Communes de la Mayenne. Flohic Editions, Volume 2, Paris 2002, ISBN 2-84234-135-X , pp. 915-916.
