Parigné

Parigné Parinieg
region	Brittany
Department	Ille-et-Vilaine
Arrondissement	Fougères-Vitré
Canton	Fougères-2
Community association	Fougères agglomeration
Coordinates	48 ° 26 ′  N , 1 ° 11 ′  W Coordinates: 48 ° 26 ′  N , 1 ° 11 ′  W
height	109-182 m
surface	20.72 km 2
Residents	1,336 (January 1, 2017)
Population density	64 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code	35133
INSEE code	35215
Website	http://www.parigne.fr/
Parigné town hall

Parigné ( Breton : Parinieg ; Gallo : Parinyaè ) is a French municipality with 1336 inhabitants (as of January 1 2017) in the department of Ille-et-Vilaine in the region of Brittany ; it belongs to the arrondissement Fougères-Vitré and is part of the canton Fougères-2 (until 2015: canton Fougères-Nord ). The inhabitants are called Parignéens .

geography

Parigné is about eight kilometers north-northeast of Fougères . Parigné is surrounded by the neighboring communities of Villamée in the north, Louvigné-du-Désert in the north-east, Landéan in the east, Laignelet in the south and south-east, Lécousse in the south and south-west, Saint-Germain-en-Coglès in the west and south-west and La Châtellier in the west and northwest.

Population development

year	1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999	2006	2013
Residents	976	965	911	1,046	1,068	1,133	1,257	1.314
Source: INSEE

Attractions

• Augustinian monastery of Notre-Dame-d'Esperance
• Notre-Dame church from the 19th century
• Le Bois-Guy castle from the 18th century

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  Notre-Dame church

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  Le Bois-Guy Castle

literature

• Le Patrimoine des Communes d'Ille-et-Vilaine. Flohic Editions, Volume 1, Paris 2000, ISBN 2-84234-072-8 , pp. 621-623.

Web links

Commons : Parigné  - collection of images, videos and audio files