Mayenne
Coat of arms of the Mayenne department
Location
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. The term administration, as used in the context of Government, differs according to Jurisdiction. In the context of the political and geographic organization of France and many of its former colonies a department (département depaʁtǝmɑ̃ is an Administrative division France is divided into 26 regions or régions (in French of which 21 are in continental Metropolitan France, one is the island of Corsica, Pays de la Loire is one of the 26 Regions of France. It is one of the regions created in the late 20th century to serve as a zone of influence for its capital Nantes A prefecture ( préfecture) in France can refer to: the Chef-lieu de département, the town in which the administration of a ''département'' Laval is a commune in the Mayenne département of France. It lies on the threshold of Brittany and on the border between Subprefectures (sous-préfectures are the administrative towns of arrondissements in France that do not contain the prefecture for its department. Château-Gontier is a commune of the Mayenne département, in France. Mayenne is a commune of France, and a Sous-préfecture of the Mayenne département. The 100 French departments are divided into 342 arrondissements, which may be translated into English as districts. The 3 arrondissements of the Mayenne department are Arrondissement of Château-Gontier, ( subprefecture: Château-Gontier The cantons of France are territorial subdivisions of the French Republic's 341 arrondissements and 100 departments. The following is a list of the 34 cantons of the Mayenne department, in France, sorted by arrondissement: Arrondissement The commune is the lowest level of administrative division in the French Republic. The following is a list of the 261 communes of the Mayenne département, in France. In France, the President of the General Council (French Président du conseil général) is the locally-elected head of the General Council, the assembly Jean Arthuis (born October 7, 1944) is a French politician He has held various ministerial positions especially regarding finances and is now head of the Finance As of January 1, 2008, 64473140 people live in the French Republic. To help compare Orders of magnitude of different geographical regions we list here areas between 1000 km2 and 10000 km2 An estuary is a semi-enclosed Coastal body of Water with one or more Rivers or Streams flowing into it and with a free connection to the open

Mayenne (IPA: [majɛn]) is a department in northwest France named after the Mayenne River. In the context of the political and geographic organization of France and many of its former colonies a department (département depaʁtǝmɑ̃ is an Administrative division This article is about the country For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic France topics. The Mayenne is a River in western France. Together with the river Sarthe and its tributary Loir it forms the river Maine, which is

History

Mayenne is one of the original 83 departments created during the French Revolution on March 4, 1790. The French Revolution (1789–1799 was a period of political and social upheaval in the History of France, during which the French governmental structure previously an Events 51 - Nero, later to become Roman Emperor, is given the title Princeps iuventutis (head of the youth Year 1790 ( MDCCXC) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year It constitutes the western part of the former province of Maine. The Kingdom of France was organised into Provinces until March 4, 1790, when the establishment of the département Maine is one of the traditional provinces of France. It corresponds to the old county of Maine centered around the city of Le Mans.

Geography

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. Pays de la Loire is one of the 26 Regions of France. It is one of the regions created in the late 20th century to serve as a zone of influence for its capital Nantes Manche is a French department in Normandy named after La Manche ("the sleeve" which is the French name for the English Orne is a department in the northwest of France named after the Orne River. Sarthe (saʁt is a French department, named after the Sarthe River. Maine-et-Loire is a department in west-central France. History Maine-et-Loire is one of the original 83 departments created during the French Ille-et-Vilaine (Il-ha-Gwilen is a department of France, located in the region of Bretagne in the northwest of France.

Demographics

The inhabitants of the department are called Mayennais. This demonym is not the source of the word mayonnaise. A demonym or gentilic is a word that denotes the members of a People or the inhabitants of a place Mayonnaise (sometime abbreviated to mayo in American English and other languages is a thick Condiment made primarily from Vegetable oil and Egg

See also

• Cantons of the Mayenne department
• Communes of the Mayenne department
• Arrondissements of the Mayenne department

External links

• (French) Prefecture website
• (French) General council website