Gorron
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region | Pays de la Loire | |
Department | Mayenne | |
Arrondissement | Mayenne | |
Canton | Gorron | |
Community association | Bocage Mayennais | |
Coordinates | 48 ° 25 ′ N , 0 ° 49 ′ W | |
height | 147-208 m | |
surface | 14.32 km 2 | |
Residents | 2,560 (January 1, 2017) | |
Population density | 179 inhabitants / km 2 | |
Post Code | 53120 | |
INSEE code | 53107 | |
Website | www.gorron.org | |
![]() Town hall (Mairie) of Gorron |
Gorron is a French commune with 2,560 inhabitants (as of January 1 2017) in the department of Mayenne in the region Pays de la Loire . The municipality belongs to the arrondissement of Mayenne and the canton of Gorron . The inhabitants are called Gorronais .
geography
Gorron lies on the Colmont River . Gorron is surrounded by the neighboring communities of Saint-Aubin-Fosse-Louvain in the north and north-west, Lesbois in the north, Saint-Siméon in the north-east, Couesmes-Vaucé in the east and north-east, Brecé in the south and east, Colombiers-du-Plessis in the south and Southwest and Hercé in the west.
The former route nationale 806 runs through the municipality .
Population development
1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 | 2013 |
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2,321 | 2,400 | 2,511 | 2,825 | 2,837 | 2,894 | 2,759 | 2,683 |
Source: Cassini and INSEE |
Attractions
- Menhir La Roche, Monument historique since 1978
- Saint-Martin Church, built between 1868 and 1875
- Notre-Dame-du-Bignon chapel
- Saint-Etienne chapel
- hippodrome
Personalities
- Nicolas de Gorron (d. 1295), Dominican
- Jean-Jacques Garnier (1729–1805), historian
- Philippe Redon (1950–2020), football player and coach
- Michel Cougé (* 1954), football player
Community partnerships
Partnerships have existed with the German municipality of Schwaikheim in Baden-Württemberg since 1989 and the British municipality of Hayling Island in Hampshire (England) since 2000.
literature
- Le Patrimoine des Communes de la Mayenne. Flohic Editions, Volume 1, Paris 2002, ISBN 2-84234-135-X , pp. 387-393.