Mayenne
French depairtment
Mayenne (French pronunciation: [majɛn]) is a depairtment in northwast Fraunce namit efter the Mayenne River.
Mayenne | |
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 Coat airms | |
 Location o Mayenne in Fraunce | |
| 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 |
| Govrenment | |
| • Preses o the General Cooncil | Jean Arthuis |
| Area | |
| • Total | 5175 km2 (1,998 sq mi) |
| Population (2007) | |
| • Total | 300,643 |
| • Rank | 74t |
| • Density | 58/km2 (150/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| 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 | |
History
eeditMayenne 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
eeditMayenne 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
eeditThe inhabitants of the department are called Mayennais.
See an aw
eeditExternal links
eedit- (in French) Prefecture website
- (in French) General council website