Pré-en-Pail
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| local community | Pré-en-Pail-Saint-Samson | |
| region | Pays de la Loire | |
| Department | Mayenne | |
| Arrondissement | Mayenne | |
| Coordinates | 48 ° 28 ′ N , 0 ° 12 ′ W | |
| Post Code | 53140 | |
| Former INSEE code | 53185 | |
| Incorporation | 2016-01-01 | |
| status | Commune déléguée | |
Pré-en-Pail is a place and a commune déléguée in the French commune of Pré-en-Pail-Saint-Samson with 1,903 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017) in the Mayenne department in the Pays de la Loire region .
With effect from January 1, 2016, Pré-en-Pail was merged with Saint-Samson to form the Commune nouvelle Pré-en-Pail-Saint-Samson . The former municipalities have the status of a Commune déléguée in the new municipality. The municipality of Pré-en-Pail belonged to the arrondissement of the same name and the canton of Villaines-la-Juhel .
location
Neighboring towns are Saint-Aignan-de-Couptrain and Saint-Calais-du-Désert in the northwest, Saint-Samson in the north, Lalacelle in the northeast, Champfrémont and Boulay-les-Ifs in the east, Saint-Pierre-des-Nids in the southeast, Gesvres in the south, Crennes-sur-Fraubée and Villepail in the south-west and Saint-Cyr-en-Pail .
Population development
| year | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2008 | 2015 | 
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| Residents | 2,150 | 2,315 | 2,445 | 2,560 | 2,422 | 2.138 | 2,075 | 1,901 | 
Attractions
- Sainte-Thérèse church
 
literature
- Le Patrimoine des Communes de la Mayenne. Flohic Editions, Volume 2, Paris 2002, ISBN 2-84234-135-X , pp. 813-816.