La Gravelle
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| region | Pays de la Loire | |
| Department | Mayenne | |
| Arrondissement | Laval | |
| Canton | Loiron | |
| Community association | Pays de Loiron | |
| Coordinates | 48 ° 4 ′ N , 1 ° 1 ′ W | |
| height | 135-192 m | |
| surface | 6.23 km 2 | |
| Residents | 546 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 88 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 53410 | |
| INSEE code | 53108 | |
 Town hall (Mairie) of La Gravelle |
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La Gravelle is a French municipality with 546 inhabitants (as of January 1 2017) in Mayenne in the region Pays de la Loire . It belongs to the arrondissement of Laval and the canton of Loiron . The inhabitants are called Brillet-Pontines .
geography
La Gravelle is about 20 kilometers west of Laval . La Gravelle is surrounded by the neighboring communities of Saint-Pierre-la-Cour in the north, La Brûlatte in the east and north-east, Loiron-Ruillé in the east and south-east, Saint-Cyr-le-Gravelais in the south, Le Pertre in the west and south-west and Bréal -sous-vitré to the west and north-west.
Here the national route 157 merges into the A81 autoroute .
Population development
| year | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 | 2013 |
| Residents | 440 | 393 | 365 | 404 | 477 | 548 | 536 | 522 |
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Attractions
- Saint-Jacques-le-Majeur church
- La Gravelle castle ruins, burned down in 1429
- L'Écluseau manor
literature
- Le Patrimoine des Communes de la Mayenne. Flohic Editions, Volume 2, Paris 2002, ISBN 2-84234-135-X , pp. 652-653.
Web links
Commons : La Gravelle - collection of images, videos and audio files
