Mayenne
Mayenne | |
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Prefecture building of the Mayenne department, in Laval | |
Location of Mayenne in France | |
| Coordinates: 48°10′N 0°40′W / 48.167°N 0.667°W | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Pays de la Loire |
| Prefecture | Laval |
| Subprefectures | Château-Gontier-sur-Mayenne Mayenne |
| Government | |
| • President of the Departmental Council | Olivier Richefou |
| Area | |
• Total | 5,175 km2 (1,998 sq mi) |
| Population (2022) | |
• Total | 305,437 |
| • Rank | 75th |
| • Density | 59/km2 (150/sq mi) |
| Demonyms | Mayennais, Mayennaise |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Department number | 53 |
| Arrondissements | 3 |
| Cantons | 17 |
| Communes | 242 |
| ^1 French Land Register data, which exclude estuaries, and lakes, ponds, and glaciers larger than 1 km2 | |
Mayenne (French: [majɛn] ⓘ mah-yen) is a landlocked department in northwest France named after the river Mayenne. Mayenne is part of the administrative region of Pays de la Loire and is surrounded by the departments of Manche, Orne, Sarthe, Maine-et-Loire, and Ille-et-Vilaine.
Mayenne is one of the original 83 departments created during the French Revolution on 4 March 1790. The northern two thirds correspond to the western part of the former province of Maine. The southern third of Mayenne corresponds to the northern portion of the old province of Anjou. The inhabitants of the department are called Mayennais. It had a population of 307,062 in 2019.