Mayenne
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| Mayenne | |||
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| — Depairtment — | |||
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| Coordinates: 48°10′N 0°40′E / 48.167°N 0.667°E | |||
| Kintra | Fraunce | ||
| Region | Pays de la Loire | ||
| Prefectur | Laval | ||
| Subprefecturs | Château-Gontier Mayenne |
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| Govrenment | |||
| - Preses o the General Cooncil | Jean Arthuis | ||
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| - Tot | 5,175 km2 (1,998.1 sq mi) | ||
| Indwallers (2007) | |||
| - Tot | 300,643 | ||
| - Rank | 74t | ||
| - Densitie | 58.1/km2 (150.5/sq mi) | ||
| Time zone | CET (UTC+1) | ||
| - Simmer (DST) | CEST (UTC+2) | ||
| Depairtment nummer | 53 | ||
| Arrondissements | 3 | ||
| Cantons | 32 | ||
| Communes | 261 | ||
| ^1 French Land Register data, which exclude estuaries, an lakes, ponds, an glaciers lairger than 1 km2 | |||
Mayenne (French pronunciation: [majɛn]) is a depairtment in northwast Fraunce namit efter the Mayenne River.
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History [edit]
Mayenne is ane o the oreeginal 83 depairtments creatit durin the French Revolution on 4 Mairch 1790. The northren twa thirds correspond tae the wastren pairt o the umwhile province o Maine. The soothren third o Mayenne corresponds tae the northren portion o the auld province o Anjou.
Efter the Coalition's victory at Waterloo, atween Juin 1815 an November 1818, Mayenne wis occupeed bi Proushie troops.
Geografie [edit]
Mayenne is pairt o the current region o Pays de la Loire an is surroondit bi the depairtments o Manche, Orne, Sarthe, Maine-et-Loire, an Ille-et-Vilaine.
Demografics [edit]
The inhabitants of the department are called Mayennais.
See also [edit]
- Cantons of the Mayenne department
- Communes of the Mayenne department
- Arrondissements of the Mayenne department
External links [edit]
- (French) Prefecture website
- (French) General council website
