Lignières-Orgères
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| region | Pays de la Loire | |
| Department | Mayenne | |
| Arrondissement | Mayenne | |
| Canton | Villaines-la-Juhel | |
| Community association | Mont des Avaloirs | |
| Coordinates | 48 ° 33 ′ N , 0 ° 12 ′ W | |
| height | 205-360 m | |
| surface | 40.89 km 2 | |
| Residents | 742 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 18 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 53140 | |
| INSEE code | 53133 | |
| Website | http://www.lignieres-orgeres.fr/ | |
Lignières-Orgères is a French municipality with 742 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 ).
geography
Lignières-Orgères is the northernmost municipality in the Mayenne department. It is located about 40 kilometers northeast of Mayenne and about 24 kilometers west-northwest of Alençon . It belongs to the Normandy-Maine Regional Nature Park . The Doucelle flows through the municipality . Lignières-Orgères is surrounded by the neighboring communities of Joué-du-Bois in the north, Carrouges in the northeast, Saint-Martin-des-Landes in the east and northeast, Ciral in the east and southeast, Pré-en-Pail-Saint-Samson with Saint- Samson in the south and south-east, Saint-Calais-du-Désert in the south, La Pallu in the south-west, Saint-Patrice-du-Désert in the west and La Motte-Fouquet in the north-west.
history
In 1973 the previously independent municipalities of Lignières-la-Doucelle and Orgères-la-Roche were merged to form today's municipality.
Population development
| 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 | 2013 | |
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| 915 | 825 | 887 | 855 | 773 | 735 | 731 | 773 | |
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Attractions
- Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption church in Lignières from the 18th / 19th centuries century
- Notre-Dame church in Orgères-la-Roche from the 12th century, alterations from the 16th / 17th century. century
- Notre-Dame chapel
- Priory of Saint-Ursin
- Orgères castle ruins
Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption church in Lignières
Notre-Dame church in Orgères-la-Roche
Notre-Dame chapel
Castle ruins
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. 272-274.
