Mayenne (city)
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| region | Pays de la Loire | |
| Department | Mayenne | |
| Arrondissement | Mayenne | |
| Canton | Mayenne (main town) | |
| Community association | Mayenne Community | |
| Coordinates | 48 ° 18 ′ N , 0 ° 37 ′ W | |
| height | 82-159 m | |
| surface | 19.88 km 2 | |
| Residents | 12,841 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 646 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 53100 | |
| INSEE code | 53147 | |
Mayenne is a French city with 12,841 inhabitants (at January 1, 2017) in the department of Mayenne in the region Pays de la Loire .
geography
Mayenne is located on the Mayenne River , hence the name. It is about 230 km west of Paris.
Buildings worth seeing
- Mayenne Castle with five towers from the 13th century; in the 19th century it served as a prison
- Notre Dame church; built around 1100, with arcades and pillars from the 12th century
- Saint-Martin church in Romanesque style
Town twinning
Mayenne maintains with the following cities twinning :
- Devizes in Wiltshire in the UK, since 1966
- Jesi in Italy, since 2001
- Waiblingen in Germany, since 1966
Sons and daughters
- Roland Bassaler (* 1946), entrepreneur and racing car driver
- Marc Joulaud (* 1967), French politician
- Jean-Louis Lefebvre de Cheverus (1768–1836), French clergyman, Archbishop of Bordeaux
literature
- Le Patrimoine des Communes de la Mayenne. Flohic Editions, Volume 2, Paris 2002, ISBN 2-84234-135-X , pp. 705-718.
Web links
Commons : Mayenne (Mayenne) - Collection of images, videos and audio files
