Parigné-l'Évêque
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region | Pays de la Loire | |
Department | Sarthe | |
Arrondissement | Le Mans | |
Canton | Changé | |
Community association | Sud-Est du Pays Manceau | |
Coordinates | 47 ° 56 ' N , 0 ° 22' E | |
height | 55-151 m | |
surface | 63.4 km 2 | |
Residents | 5,086 (January 1, 2017) | |
Population density | 80 inhabitants / km 2 | |
Post Code | 72250 | |
INSEE code | 72231 | |
Website | http://www.parigneleveque.fr/ | |
Notre-Dame de l'Assomption church in Parigné-l'Évêque |
Parigné-l'Évêque is a commune with 5086 inhabitants (as of January 1 2017) in the department of Sarthe in the region Pays de la Loire . Parigné-l'Évêque is part of the Arrondissement of Le Mans and the Canton of Changé . The inhabitants call themselves "Parignéens".
geography
Parigné-l'Évêque is surrounded by the neighboring communities of Saint-Mars-la-Brière in the north, Ardenay-sur-Mérize in the northeast, Challes in the east, Le Grand-Lucé in the southeast, Saint-Mars-d'Outillé and Pruillé-l 'Éguillé in the south, Brette-les-Pins in the southwest, Ruaudin in the west and Changé in the northwest. The municipality is crossed in the southeast by the Narais River. The A28 autoroute runs through the municipality .
history
The place is mentioned as Patriniaco as early as 710 .
Population development
1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 | 2011 |
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2,981 | 2,965 | 3,582 | 4,024 | 4,324 | 4,503 | 4,658 | 4,811 |
Source: insee.fr
Community partnerships
A partnership has existed with the British community of Crowland in Lincolnshire (England) since 1993 and with the Polish city of Józefów .
Attractions
- Notre-Dame de l'Assomption church, built in the 15th century, remodeled in the 17th and 19th centuries, a historic monument since 1984
- Notre-Dame-de-Pitié chapel with the funeral lantern , Monument historique since 1926 (cemetery since 1946 Monument historique)
- Montbaye Castle
- La Vaudère castle from the 19th century
- Loudon Lake (Étang de Loudon)
Personalities
- Guy-Claude-Roland de Laval-Montmorency (1677–1751), French marshal
- Jane de la Vaudère (1857–1908), writer
- Albert Cobut (1917–2003), Walloon politician
Web links
Individual proof
- ↑ Commune de Parigné-l'Évêque (72231) Dossier complet ( French ) insee.fr. Retrieved September 20, 2019.