Pontmain
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Place details
- Locality
- Pontmain
- Region
- Pays de la Loire
- Country
- France
- Population
- 941
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Key facts
- French commune.name
- Pontmain
- French commune.commune status
- Commune
- French commune.image
- FrancePaysDeLaLoirePontmainBasilique.jpg
- French commune.caption
- The basilica of Our Lady of Pontmain
- French commune.image coat of arms
- Blason ville fr Pontmain (Mayenne).svg
- French commune.arrondissement
- Mayenne
- French commune.canton
- Gorron
- French commune.mayor
- Marie-Antoinette Guesdon
- French commune.term
- 2020–2026
- French commune.elevation m
- 180
- French commune.elevation min m
- 134
- French commune.elevation max m
- 210
- French commune.area km2
- 7.17
- French commune.INSEE
- 53181
- French commune.postal code
- 53220
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Wikidata facts
- Official name
- Pontmain
- Population
- 809
- Area
- 7.17
- Elevation
- 171
- Official website
- www.pontmain.fr
- Image
- FrancePaysDeLaLoirePontmainBasilique.jpg
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- Commons category
- Pontmain
- postal code
- 53220
- male population
- 410
- female population
- 415
- P8168
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- email address
- mailto:[email protected]
- phone number
- +33-2-43-05-06-45
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Pontmain () is a commune in the Mayenne department in north-western France.
==History== On 17 January 1871, some children from the village claimed to see an apparition of the Virgin Mary in the sky. On 2 February 1872 Mgr. Wicart, bishop of Laval, recognised the apparition. : ''Nous jugeons que l'Immaculée Vierge Marie, Mère de Dieu a véritablement apparu, le 17 janvier 1871, à Eugène Barbedette, Joseph Barbedette, Françoise Richer et Jeanne-Marie Lebossé, dans le hameau de Pontmain.
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