Montsûrs (Montsûrs)

Montsûrs
local community	Montsûrs
region	Pays de la Loire
Department	Mayenne
Arrondissement	Mayenne
Coordinates	48 ° 8 ′ N , 0 ° 33 ′ W Coordinates: 48 ° 8 ′ N , 0 ° 33 ′ W
Post Code	53150
Former INSEE code	53161
Incorporation	1st January 2019
status	Commune déléguée

Montsûrs is a village and a former French commune with 1,996 inhabitants (at January 1, 2017) in the department of Mayenne in the region Pays de la Loire .

With effect from January 1, 2017, the former municipalities of Montsûrs and Saint-Céneré were merged to form the Commune nouvelle Montsûrs-Saint-Céneré and had the status of a Commune déléguée in the new municipality .

With effect from January 1, 2019, Montsûrs-Saint-Céneré was merged with the former municipalities of Deux-Évailles , Montourtier and Saint-Ouën-des-Vallons to form the Commune nouvelle Montsûrs of the same name . The already existing Commune déléguées Montsûrs and Saint-Céneré will retain their status in the new municipality. The administrative headquarters are located in Montsûrs.

location

Neighboring towns are Gesnes in the north-west, Saint-Ouën-des-Vallons in the north, Brée in the north-east, Saint-Christophe-du-Luat and La Chapelle-Rainsouin in the south-east and Saint-Céneré in the south and west.

Population development

year	1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999	2008	2015
Residents	1,534	1,736	1,959	2,108	2,073	2,020	2.113	2,035

Attractions

Church Saint-Martin (19th century), the place of the Chapelle des Trois-Maries was erected
Montsûrs castle ruins, where André de Lohéac was born; the Paradis aux Biques tower is classified as a monument historique .
Saint-Martin Chapel (12th century), the former parish church (Monument historique)
Saint-Ouie chapel (or Saint-Ouïe, 16th century), the only remnant of the Les Ifs castle (Monument historique)
Le Haut Méral Castle (16th century)