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Château-Gontier
Pays de la Loiretown
Château-Gontier
Total population
16,710
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Overview
Château-Gontier is a former commune in the Mayenne department in north-western France. On 1 January 2019, it was merged into the new commune Château-Gontier-sur-Mayenne.
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History
There are chalybeate springs close to the town. Château-Gontier owes its origin and its name to a castle erected in the first half of the 11th century by Gunther, the steward of Fulk Nerra of Anjou, on the site of a farm belonging to the monks of St Aubin d’Angers. On the extinction of the family, the lordship was assigned by Louis XI of France to Philippe de Comines. The town suffered severely during the wars of the League. In 1793 it was occupied by the Vendeans.
Geography
It is about south of Laval, the préfecture of the department of Mayenne. Château-Gontier is home to the Refuge de l'Arche, also known as the Ark Refuge [http://www.refuge-arche.org/], a refuge for abandoned or mistreated animals.
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Geography
Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.
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Nearby places in Pays de la Loire
- Azé1 mi away · pop. 3,256
- Ménil3.8 mi away · pop. 892
- Chemazé4.3 mi away · pop. 1,375
- Saint-Sulpice5.2 mi away · pop. 229
- Châtelain5.3 mi away · pop. 457
- Marigné-Peuton5.8 mi away · pop. 544
- Ruillé-Froid-Fonds6 mi away · pop. 569
- Daon6.2 mi away · pop. 523
- Houssay6.2 mi away · pop. 499
- Saint-Sauveur-de-Flée6.4 mi away · pop. 287
- Peuton6.7 mi away · pop. 233
- La Jaille-Yvon7.4 mi away · pop. 341
Geography & sun
Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.
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Books about Château-Gontier
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Official Identifiers
INSEE — French National Institute of Statistics
- INSEE code
- 53062
- Population (Wikidata)
- 11,805
- Wikidata
- Q214580
geo.api.gouv.fr
Sources
- • Wikipedia
- • Wikidata
- • Open-Meteo / sunrise-sunset.org
- • Wikipedia Pageviews API
- • Open Library
- • Wikidata SPARQL (CC0) — population, area, elevation, inception, head of government, Commons image
- • INSEE — French national statistics, via geo.api.gouv.fr (official commune code, population, surface, department, region)
- • INSEE — French National Institute of Statistics — geo.api.gouv.fr