Javron-les-Chapelles
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| region | Pays de la Loire | |
| Department | Mayenne | |
| Arrondissement | Mayenne | |
| Canton | Villaines-la-Juhel | |
| Community association | Mont des Avaloirs | |
| Coordinates | 48 ° 25 ′ N , 0 ° 20 ′ W | |
| height | 133-251 m | |
| surface | 38.13 km 2 | |
| Residents | 1,378 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 36 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 53250 | |
| INSEE code | 53121 | |
| Website | javronleschapelles.fr | |
Javron-les-Chapelles is a French commune with 1,378 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 (until 2015: canton of Couptrain ). The inhabitants are called Javronnais . It is an access community associated with the Normandy-Maine Regional Nature Park .
geography
Javron-les-Chapelles is about 24 kilometers northeast of Mayenne . Javron-les-Chapelles is surrounded by the neighboring communities Neuilly-le-Vendin in the north, Saint-Aignan-de-Couptrain in the northeast, Saint-Cyr-en-Pail in the east, Villepail in the east and southeast, Crennes-sur-Fraubée in the South-east, Le Ham in the south, Charchigne in the west, Chevaigné-du-Maine in the west and north-west and Madré in the north-west.
The National Route 12 runs through the municipality .
history
On January 1, 1973, the previously independent municipalities Javron and Les Chapelles were merged to form today's municipality.
Population development
| 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 | 2013 | |
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| 1,364 | 1,335 | 1,490 | 1,455 | 1,400 | 1,512 | 1,473 | 1,413 | |
| Source: Cassini and INSEE | ||||||||
Attractions
- Saint-Jean-Baptiste church in Javron, Monument historique
- Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption church in Les Chapelles from the 19th century
- Statues of Jeanne-d'Arc and Saint-Jean
- Chattemoue mica shale deposit
Personalities
- Charles Julien Fanneau de Lahorie (1758–1822), navigator
- Victor-Claude-Alexandre Fanneau de Lahorie (1766-1812), general
- Jules-Ernest Houssay (1844–1912), Spiritual Healer, Vicar in Javron
literature
- Le Patrimoine des Communes de la Mayenne. Flohic Editions, Volume 1, Paris 2002, ISBN 2-84234-135-X , pp. 266-271.
