Canton of Sainte-Suzanne (Mayenne)

Former Canton of Sainte-Suzanne
region	Pays de la Loire
Department	Mayenne
Arrondissement	Laval
main place	Sainte-Suzanne
Dissolution date	March 29, 2015
Residents	4,497 (Jan 1, 2012)
Population density	21 inhabitants / km²
surface	210 km²
Communities	9
INSEE code	5326

The District of Sainte-Suzanne was by 2015 a French constituency in the district Laval , in Mayenne and the region Pays de la Loire ; its main town was Sainte-Suzanne .

geography

The canton of Sainte-Suzanne was on average 127 meters above sea level, between 57 meters in Saint-Pierre-sur-Erve and 286 meters in Torcé-Viviers-en-Charnie.

The landscape of the former canton is shaped by the hills of Coëvrons, the river Erve and the forest of Charnie.

The canton was in the east of the Mayenne department and borders the Sarthe department in the east, the Meslay-du-Maine canton in the south, the Montsûrs canton in the west and the Évron canton in the north .

Communities

The canton consisted of nine municipalities:

local community	Population year	Area km²	Population density	Code INSEE	Post Code
Blandouet	188 (2013)	11.33	17 inhabitants / km²	53032	53270
Chammes	347 (2013)	21.06	16 inhabitants / km²	53050	53270
Saint-Jean-sur-Erve	452 (2013)	25.39	18 inhabitants / km²	53228	53270
Saint-Léger	301 (2013)	17.22	17 inhabitants / km²	53232	53480
Saint-Pierre-sur-Erve	140 (2013)	9.74	14 inhabitants / km²	53248	53270
Sainte-Suzanne	991 (2013)	23.14	43 inhabitants / km²	53255	53270
Thorigné-en-Charnie	191 (2013)	17.57	11 inhabitants / km²	53264	53270
Torcé-Viviers-en-Charnie	761 (2013)	48.77	16 inhabitants / km²	53265	53270
Vaiges	1,151 (2013)	36.26	32 inhabitants / km²	53267	53480

Population development

1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999	2006
4,986	4,663	4,310	4.135	4,028	4,258	4,353

history

The canton was created in 1801 from the merger of the previous cantons of Sainte-Suzanne and Vaiges.

Partner municipality

• Sulzheim in Rheinhessen , Germany, since 1967