Laigné

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Laigné
Laigné (France)
Laigné
local community Prée-d'Anjou
region Pays de la Loire
Department Mayenne
Arrondissement Château-Gontier
Coordinates 47 ° 51 ′  N , 0 ° 49 ′  W Coordinates: 47 ° 51 ′  N , 0 ° 49 ′  W
Post Code 53200
Former INSEE code 53124
Incorporation 1st January 2018
status chef-lieu
Website http://www.laigne.mairie53.fr/

Laigné is a town and commune Déléguée in the French community Prée-d'Anjou with 851 inhabitants (at January 1, 2017) in the department of Mayenne in the region Pays de la Loire . The inhabitants are called Laignéens .

On January 1, 2017, the municipality of Laigné merged with Ampoigné to form the new municipality of Prée-d'Anjou, the administrative seat of which is the town of Laigné. Since then Laigné has had the status of a Commune déléguée. The municipality belonged to the arrondissement of Château-Gontier and the canton of Château-Gontier (until 2015: canton of Château-Gontier-Ouest ).

Laigné is located around 32 kilometers south-southwest of Laval .

Population development

year 1962 1968 1975 1982 1990 1999 2006 2013
Residents 756 701 694 691 668 674 750 855
Source: Cassini and INSEE

Attractions

  • Romanesque church of Saint-Martin-de-Vertou , Monument historique
  • La Rouaudière chapel from 1747
  • La Teillais house from the 18th century, a historic monument since 1990
  • Fontenelle mansion from the 17th century, a historic monument since 1964
Saint-Martin-de-Vertou church

literature

  • Le Patrimoine des Communes de la Mayenne. Flohic Editions, Volume 1, Paris 2002, ISBN 2-84234-135-X , pp. 219-220.

Web links

Commons : Laigné  - collection of images, videos and audio files