Canton of Montsûrs

Former canton of Montsûrs
region	Pays de la Loire
Department	Mayenne
Arrondissement	Laval
main place	Montsûrs
Dissolution date	March 29, 2015
Residents	5,613 (Jan 1, 2012)
Population density	41 inhabitants / km²
surface	137 km²
Communities	9
INSEE code	5323

The Canton Montsûrs was 2015 a French constituency in the district Laval , in Mayenne and the region Pays de la Loire ; its main town was Montsûrs .

geography

The canton of Montsûrs was on average 110 meters above sea level, between 62 meters in Saint-Céneré and 151 meters in Montourtier. It was located in the center of the Mayenne department and bordered the cantons of Bais, Évron and Sainte-Suzanne to the east, the Meslay-du-Maine canton to the south, the Argentré canton to the west and the Mayenne-Est canton to the northwest and north .

history

The canton was created in 1801 from the merger of the previous cantons of Montsûrs, Ouen-des-Oyes (now Saint-Ouën-des-Vallons) and Sougé (now Soulgé-sur-Ouette).

Communities

The canton consisted of nine municipalities:

local community	Population year	Area km²	Population density	Code INSEE	Post Code
Brée	548 (2013)	16.41	33 inhabitants / km²	53043	53150
La Chapelle-Rainsouin	421 (2013)	18.05	23 inhabitants / km²	53059	53150
Deux-Évailles	211 (2013)	11.93	18 inhabitants / km²	53092	53150
Gesnes	234 (2013)	11.21	21 inhabitants / km²	53105	53150
Montourtier	365 (2013)	19.09	19 inhabitants / km²	53159	53150
Montsûrs	2,013 (2013)	10.85	186 inhabitants / km²	53161	53150
Saint-Céneré	503 (2013)	18.89	27 inhabitants / km²	53205	53150
Saint-Ouën-des-Vallons	199 (2013)	7.38	27 inhabitants / km²	53244	53150
Soulgé-sur-Ouette	1,104 (2013)	22.94	48 inhabitants / km²	53262	53150

Population development

1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999	2006
4,786	4,782	4,864	5.016	4,883	4,947	5,288