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Location within Pays de la Loire region
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| Country | France |
| Region | Pays de la Loire |
| Department | Mayenne |
| Arrondissement | Laval |
| Canton | Chailland |
| Mayor | Bertrand Lemaître (2008–2014) |
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| Elevation | 52–155 m (171–509 ft) (avg. 110 m/360 ft) |
| Land area1 | 36.54 km2 (14.11 sq mi) |
| Population2 | 2,310 (2006) |
| - Density | 63 /km2 (160 /sq mi) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 53005/ 53240 |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
| 2 Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once. | |
Andouillé is a commune in the Mayenne department in north-western France. It is twinned with the Nottinghamshire village of Farnsfield.
The city of Andouille is located 15 kilometers from Laval, head of the department of Mayenne , to which it is connected by the RD 131 and RD 115, and by the river, Mayenne. Two rivers are located near the village of Ernee and Mayenne. It is a picturesque town, built 110 meters above sea level, which had 3,192 inhabitants in 1871 and 2527 in 1897. Its territory covers an area of 3653 hectares cadastral survey. Bordered on the east by the Mayenne, it is crossed by Ernée just touch the lower part of the town, winding valley of the river is dominated by hills of Saudraie of Lattan Crennes and where, says it, "The body of Gargantua is double coated. In 1697 , Miromesnil counted 47 farms , "half of the parish in heath and wood, the other half on land and near a portion cold and low." In 1871 , Andouille were 169 villages, farms or discrepancies.[1]