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Château-Gontier
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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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Château-Gontier was a commune in the Mayenne department of France, situated within the Pays de la Loire region. It served as the capital of the arrondissement of Château-Gontier and the cantons of Château-Gontier-Est and Château-Gontier-Ouest. The town is located next to the Mayenne river and shares borders with Loigné-sur-Mayenne, Ampoigné, Azé, and Chemazé. Its official name was also recorded as Mont-Hardi.
The area covered 28.03 square kilometers with an elevation of 99 meters above sea level. The population was recorded as 12,348. Château-Gontier was twinned with Murrhardt, Gmina Rabka-Zdrój, Frome, and Rabka-Zdrój. The commune was dissolved on December 31, 2018, and replaced by Château-Gontier-sur-Mayenne.
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Place details
- Locality
- Château-Gontier-sur-Mayenne
- Region
- Pays de la Loire
- Country
- France
- Population
- 12,292
- Timezone
- Europe/Paris
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Key facts
- French commune.name
- Château-Gontier
- French commune.image
- Château-Gontier vue du pont de l'Europe.JPG
- French commune.caption
- Château-Gontier seen from the Europe Bridge
- French commune.image coat of arms
- Blason Château-Gontier 53.svg
- French commune.arrondissement
- Château-Gontier
- French commune.canton
- Château-Gontier
- French commune.commune
- Château-Gontier-sur-Mayenne
- French commune.elevation m
- 83
- French commune.elevation min m
- 26
- French commune.elevation max m
- 99
- French commune.area km2
- 27.88
- French commune.population
- 11422
- French commune.population date
- 2022
- French commune.INSEE
- 53062
- French commune.postal code
- 53200
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- delegated commune
- Official name
- Mont-Hardi
- Country
- France
- Located in
- Mayenne
- Population
- 11805
- Area
- 28.03
- Elevation
- 69
- Time zone
- UTC+02:00
- Body of water
- Mayenne
- Capital of
- canton of Château-Gontier-sur-Mayenne-2
- Shares border with
- La Roche-Neuville
- Official website
- www.chateaugontiersurmayenne.fr
- Image
- Château-Gontier vue du pont de l'Europe.JPG
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- topic's main category
- Category:Château-Gontier
- Commons category
- Château-Gontier
- twinned administrative body
- Rabka-Zdrój
- category for people born here
- Category:Births in Château-Gontier
- postal code
- 53200
- replaced by
- Château-Gontier-sur-Mayenne
- dissolved, abolished or demolished date
- 2018-12-31
- associated electoral district
- canton of Château-Gontier-sur-Mayenne-2
- described by source
- Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition
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- Geography
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- Culture and heritage
- People
- Climate
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- References
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.
== 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 , a refuge for abandoned or mistreated animals.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Château-Gontier” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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