Saulges

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Saulges
Saulges (France)
Saulges
region Pays de la Loire
Department Mayenne
Arrondissement Mayenne
Canton Meslay-du-Maine
Community association Coëvrons
Coordinates 47 ° 59 ′  N , 0 ° 24 ′  W Coordinates: 47 ° 59 ′  N , 0 ° 24 ′  W
height 47-112 m
surface 21.81 km 2
Residents 318 (January 1, 2017)
Population density 15 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code 53340
INSEE code 53257

Notre Dame de Saulges

Saulges is a French municipality with 318 inhabitants (at January 1, 2017) in the department of Mayenne in the region Pays de la Loire .

General

The place is on the edge of a rocky gorge of the Erve , the water of which has washed some caves into the steep banks. The Canyon de Saulges and the Grottes de Saulges are typical karst formations . Archaeological finds were uncovered in these caves, including a 500,000 year old human tooth from the Paleolithic . In the cave La Dérouine black painted depictions of horse, bison and mammoth can be seen that the Franco-Cantabrian cave art are counted.

Wildlife is represented in the caves by the greater horseshoe bat and in the woods by the rare longhorn beetle , the largest of its kind in France. Saulges is therefore part of the Natura 2000 protected area .

Saulges is also part of the Conseil national des villes et villages fleuris and the Pays d'art et d'histoire Coëvrons-Mayenne , together with Mayenne , Évron , Sainte-Suzanne and Jublains .

Important sacred buildings are the former parish church Chapelle Saint-Pierre from the Carolingian era , the Notre-Dame church, first mentioned in 1060, and a hermitage founded by Cénéré de Saulges.

history

The manor of Saulges was established in 1556 by Jean de Thévalle, governor of Metz . In 1592 the area was devastated by French Huguenots in English service. In the middle of the 17th century, the rule passed through marriage to Louis II. De Bourbon, prince de Condé , known as "Le Grand Condé", to whom his son Henri III. Jules de Bourbon, prince de Condé and Grand Master of France followed.

Population development

year 1968 1975 1982 1990 1999 2006
Residents 487 401 348 333 334 328

  • Grottoes in the canyon

  • Climbing in the gorge

  • Saint Pierre Chapel

  • Hermitage of St. Cénéré

  • Lime kiln from 1834

literature

  • Le Patrimoine des Communes de la Mayenne. Flohic Editions, Volume 2, Paris 2002, ISBN 2-84234-135-X , pp. 773-778.

Web links

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