Villaines-la-Juhel
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| region | Pays de la Loire | |
| Department | Mayenne | |
| Arrondissement | Mayenne | |
| Canton | Villaines-la-Juhel (main town) | |
| Community association | Mont des Avaloirs | |
| Coordinates | 48 ° 21 ′ N , 0 ° 17 ′ W | |
| height | 155-238 m | |
| surface | 28.90 km 2 | |
| Residents | 2,808 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 97 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 53700 | |
| INSEE code | 53271 | |
| Website | www.villaines-la-juhel.fr | |
 Le Grand Coudray Castle |
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Villaines-la-Juhel is a commune with 2,808 inhabitants (at January 1, 2017) in Mayenne in the region Pays de la Loire ; it belongs to the arrondissement of Mayenne and the canton of Villaines-la-Juhel . It is an access community associated with the Normandy-Maine Regional Nature Park .
history
In the Middle Ages, the Lords of Mayenne built a castle on a hill around which the town developed. Aigilbert, Bishop of Le Mans , gave the Sainte-Marie monastery half of the income from Villaines and other places in 692. In 892 Villaines is attested under the name Vilhena.
In 1140 Mathilde of England gave Villaines to the knight Juhel II of Mayenne; the place took its name. At that time a castle was built, of which only the foundations of the donjon remain today. The Champagné family owned the place until the revolution .
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| year | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2009 |
| Residents | 2,037 | 2,321 | 2,732 | 3,081 | 3,171 | 3,179 | 3,084 |
Attractions
- Fortress in the district of Courtœuvre , two kilometers from Villaines (15th century)
- Rue du Château , a 12th-century castle of which only the foundations of the rectangular donjon remain
- Tower of the former Saint-Georges church (12th century), remnants of the old parish church (demolished in 1963)
- La Motte de la rue Saint-Nicolas , location of a moth
- La Vaucelle , site of a fortified house from the Middle Ages
- Le Grand Coudray Castle, in the south of the municipality, built in 1904 in place of an old castle by the la Haie family and later the Champagné family; the old castle was demolished after the revolution
Personalities
- Robert Buron (1910–1973), politician
- Madeleine Gray (1896–1979), singer
- François Servenière (* 1962), composer.
Town twinning
- Bad Liebenzell , Germany, since 1993
literature
- Le Patrimoine des Communes de la Mayenne. Flohic Editions, Volume 2, Paris 2002, ISBN 2-84234-135-X , pp. 926-930.
