Mézières-sur-Couesnon

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Commune of Mézières-sur-Couesnon
Location
Longitude	01° 25' 54" W
Latitude	48° 17' 47" N
Administration
Country	France
Région	Bretagne
Département	Ille-et-Vilaine
Arrondissement	Fougères
Canton	Saint-Aubin-du-Cormier
Intercommunality	Communauté de communes du pays de Saint-Aubin-du-Cormier
Mayor	Philippe Dolo (2001-2008)
Statistics
Altitude	35 m–121 m (avg. 90 m)
Land area¹	24.74 km²
Population² (1999)	822
- Density (1999)	33/km²
Miscellaneous
INSEE/Postal code	35178/ 35140
¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq. mi. or 247 acres) and river estuaries.
² Population sans doubles comptes: single count of residents of multiple communes (e.g. students and military personnel).

Mézières-sur-Couesnon (Breton: Magoerioù-ar-C'houenon) is a commune of the Ille-et-Vilaine département, in France.

[edit] Geography

Mézières-sur-Couesnon is located at 30 km in the North-East of Rennes and at 42 km in the south of the Mont Saint-Michel. As its name indicates, it is situated on the Couesnon River.

The communes bordering are Saint-Ouen-des-Alleux, Saint-Marc-sur-Couesnon, Saint-Jean-sur-Couesnon, Saint-Aubin-du-Cormier, Gahard and Vieux-Vy-sur-Couesnon.

[edit] Administration

Town hall

Address: Place de la Mairie 35140 Mézières-sur-Couesnon

Standard : 02 99 39 36 43

Fax : 02 99 39 32 53

Email : commune-de-mezieres-sur-couesnon@wanadoo.fr

Opening hours: We,Th,Fr,Sa 9:00 to 12:00, Mo 14:00 to 19:00 and Tu 14:00 à 17:00

[edit] External links

• Geography of Brittany
• The page of the commune on infobretagne.com
• The data base Mérimée - the French architectural heritage