Château-Gontier
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Commune of Château-Gontier |
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Location | |
Administration | |
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Country | France |
Region | Pays de la Loire |
Department | Mayenne |
Arrondissement | Château-Gontier |
Canton | Château-Gontier-Est and Château-Gontier-Ouest |
Intercommunality | Communauté de communes du Pays de Château-Gontier |
Mayor | Philippe Henry (2001-2008) |
Statistics | |
Elevation | 26 m–99 m (avg. 83 m) |
Land area¹ | 27,88 km² |
Population² (1999) |
11 131 |
- Density | 399/km² |
Miscellaneous | |
INSEE/Postal code | 53062/ 53200 |
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: residents of multiple communes (e.g. students and military personnel) only counted once. | |
Château-Gontier is a commune of the Mayenne département, in France. It is about 30 km south of Laval, the préfecture of the department of Mayenne. Château-Gontier is home to the Refuge de l'Arche[1], a refuge for abandoned or mistreated animals.
[edit] Famous births
- Claude Pompidou was born here.