Saint-Christophe-du-Luat

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Saint-Christophe-du-Luat
Saint-Christophe-du-Luat (France)
Saint-Christophe-du-Luat
local community Evron
region Pays de la Loire
Department Mayenne
Arrondissement Mayenne
Coordinates 48 ° 8 ′  N , 0 ° 28 ′  W Coordinates: 48 ° 8 ′  N , 0 ° 28 ′  W
Post Code 53150
Former INSEE code 53207
Incorporation 1st January 2019
status Commune déléguée
Website Website

Saint-Christophe-du-Luat is a town and commune Déléguée in the French community Évron with 766 inhabitants (as of January 1 2017) in Mayenne in the region Pays de la Loire . The inhabitants are called Luatais .

The municipality of Saint-Christophe-du-Luat merged with Évron and Châtres-la-Forêt on January 1, 2019 to form the Commune nouvelle Évron. Since then it has had the status of a Commune déléguée. The municipality of Saint-Christophe-du-Luat belonged to the Arrondissement Mayenne and the canton of Évron .

geography

Saint-Christophe-du-Luat is about 19 kilometers east-northeast of Laval . The municipality of Saint-Christophe-du-Luat was surrounded by the neighboring municipalities of Brée in the north and northwest, Neau in the north, Évron in the northeast, Châtres-la-Forêt in the east and southeast, Livet in the south, La Chapelle-Rainsouin in the southwest and Montsûrs in the West.

Population development

year 1962 1968 1975 1982 1990 1999 2006 2013
Residents 505 528 541 526 523 553 703 786
Source: Cassini and INSEE

Attractions

  • Remains of a tower hill castle (Motte), monument historique since 1984
  • Saint-Christophe church from the 11th century
  • La Chesnelière mansion from the 16th century with portal, monument historique since 1927
  • Montecler Castle, Monument historique since 2011
  • La Boissière windmill ruins

literature

  • Le Patrimoine des Communes de la Mayenne. Flohic Editions, Volume 1, Paris 2002, ISBN 2-84234-135-X , pp. 368-369.

Web links

Commons : Saint-Christophe-du-Luat  - Collection of images, videos and audio files