| Mayenne | |
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| Coat of Arms of Mayenne | |
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| Administration | |
| Department number: | 53 |
| Region: | Pays de la Loire |
| Prefecture: | Laval |
| Subprefectures: | Château-Gontier Mayenne |
| Arrondissements: | 3 |
| Cantons: | 32 |
| Communes: | 261 |
| President of the General Council: | Jean
Arthuis |
| Statistics | |
| Population | Ranked 77th |
| -1999 | 285,338 |
| Population density: | 55/km2 |
| Land area¹: | 5175 km2 |
| ¹ French Land Register data, which exclude estuaries, and lakes, ponds, and glaciers larger than 1 km2. | |
Mayenne (French
pronunciation: [majɛn]) is a department in northwest France named after the Mayenne River.
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Mayenne is one of the original 83 departments created during the French Revolution on March 4, 1790. It constitutes the western part of the former province of Maine.
Mayenne is part of the current region of Pays de la Loire and is surrounded by the departments of Manche, Orne, Sarthe, Maine-et-Loire, and Ille-et-Vilaine.
The inhabitants of the department are called Mayennais. This demonym is not the source of the word mayonnaise.
The town is featured as a level in the World War II video game Call of Duty 3.
Coordinates: 48°10′N 0°40′W / 48.167°N 0.667°W
There is more than one meaning of Mayenne discussed in the 1911 Encyclopedia. We are planning to let all links go to the correct meaning directly, but for now you will have to search it out from the list below by yourself. If you want to change the link that led you here yourself, it would be appreciated.
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   | Prefecture website - Préfecture de la Mayenne |
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