Thorigné-en-Charnie
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| region | Pays de la Loire | |
| Department | Mayenne | |
| Arrondissement | Mayenne | |
| Canton | Meslay-du-Maine | |
| Community association | Coëvrons | |
| Coordinates | 48 ° 0 ′ N , 0 ° 21 ′ W | |
| height | 57-114 m | |
| surface | 17.57 km 2 | |
| Residents | 195 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 11 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 53270 | |
| INSEE code | 53264 | |
 The Mairie (Town Hall) |
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Thorigné-en-Charnie is a French municipality with 195 inhabitants (at January 1, 2017) in the department of Mayenne in the region Pays de la Loire . It belongs to the arrondissement of Mayenne and the canton of Meslay-du-Maine (until 2015: canton of Sainte-Suzanne ).
geography
The community is located around 20 kilometers west of Le Mans on the border with the neighboring Sarthe department . Neighboring municipalities are Saint-Jean-sur-Erve in the north, Saint-Denis-d'Orques (Département Sarthe) in the northeast, Bannes in the south, Saulges in the southwest and Saint-Pierre-sur-Erve in the west.
The municipality is drained by a few small streams, mainly to the river Erve , which runs in a deep gorge on the western municipal boundary and has formed caves that are worth seeing. A few rivers also head south to the Treulon River .
Transport links
In the far north, Thorigné-en-Charnie is crossed by the A81 motorway and has a service station here.
Partner communities
Thorigné-en-Charnie has had a share in the partnership between the former canton of Sainte-Suzanne and Sulzheim in Rheinhessen , Germany , since 1967 .
literature
- Le Patrimoine des Communes de la Mayenne. Flohic Editions, Volume 2, Paris 2002, ISBN 2-84234-135-X , pp. 898-899.
