Mayenne | |
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![]() 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 |
Mayenne (French pronunciation: [majɛn]) is a depairtment in northwast Fraunce namit efter the Mayenne River.
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.
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.
The inhabitants of the department are called Mayennais.