Louverné
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region | Pays de la Loire | |
Department | Mayenne | |
Arrondissement | Laval | |
Canton | Bonchamp-lès-Laval | |
Community association | Laval | |
Coordinates | 48 ° 7 ′ N , 0 ° 43 ′ W | |
height | 58-138 m | |
surface | 20.58 km 2 | |
Residents | 4,302 (January 1, 2017) | |
Population density | 209 inhabitants / km 2 | |
Post Code | 53950 | |
INSEE code | 53140 | |
Website | Louverné | |
Old lime kiln near the train station in Louverné |
Louverné is a French municipality with 4302 inhabitants (as of January 1 2017) in the department of Mayenne in the region Pays de la Loire ; it belongs to the Arrondissement Laval and the canton of Bonchamp-lès-Laval . The inhabitants are called Louvernéen .
geography
Louverné is located about six kilometers northeast of Laval and is surrounded by the neighboring communities of Sacé in the north, La Chapelle-Anthenaise in the east, Bonchamp-lès-Laval in the south, Changé in the southwest and Saint-Jean-sur-Mayenne in the west and northwest.
The river Quartier , which is still referred to here as Ruisseau de Barbé , as well as the Autoroute A81 (Laval-Est junction) and Route nationale 162 run through the municipality .
Population development
year | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 | 2011 |
Residents | 1,096 | 1,215 | 1,808 | 2,536 | 2,679 | 2,912 | 3,538 | 3,983 |
Attractions
- Old Saint-Martin Church (probably built around 1100)
- Sacré-Cœur church from 1869
- Old lime kilns
Community partnerships
A partnership has existed with the German municipality of Gundelfingen an der Donau in Swabia (Bavaria) since 1992.