Madré

Madré
region	Pays de la Loire
Department	Mayenne
Arrondissement	Mayenne
Canton	Villaines-la-Juhel
Community association	Mont des Avaloirs
Coordinates	48 ° 29 ′  N , 0 ° 23 ′  W Coordinates: 48 ° 29 ′  N , 0 ° 23 ′  W
height	122-189 m
surface	17.55 km 2
Residents	293 (January 1, 2017)
Population density	17 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code	53250
INSEE code	53142

Madré is a French municipality with 293 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 ). The inhabitants are called Madréens .

geography

Madré is about 37 kilometers northeast of Mayenne . The Mayenne River limits the municipality to the north. Madré is surrounded by the neighboring municipalities of Méhoudin in the north, Saint-Ouen-le-Brisoult in the north and northeast, Neuilly-le-Vendin in the east and northeast, Javron-les-Chapelles in the south and southeast, Chevaigné-du-Maine in the south and Southwest and Saint-Julien-du-Terroux to the west and northwest.

Population development

1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999	2006	2013
575	521	488	375	362	356	357	346
Source: Cassini and INSEE

Attractions

• Saint-Maurice church, built at the end of the 19th century
• Vaugeois Castle from the 15th century
• Écomusée

Nativité-de-la-Sainte-Vierge church

literature

• Le Patrimoine des Communes de la Mayenne. Flohic Editions, Volume 1, Paris 2002, ISBN 2-84234-135-X , pp. 275-277.

Web links

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