| Mayenne | |||
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| Location of Mayenne in France | |||
| Coordinates: | |||
| Country | France | ||
| Region | Pays de la Loire | ||
| Prefecture | Laval | ||
| Subprefectures | Château-Gontier Mayenne |
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| Government | |||
| • President of the General Council | Jean Arthuis | ||
| Area1 | |||
| • Total | 5,175 km2 (1,998.1 sq mi) | ||
| Population (2007) | |||
| • Total | 300,643 | ||
| • Rank | 74th | ||
| • Density | 58.1/km2 (150.5/sq mi) | ||
| Time zone | CET (UTC+1) | ||
| • Summer (DST) | CEST (UTC+2) | ||
| Department number | 53 | ||
| Arrondissements | 3 | ||
| Cantons | 32 | ||
| Communes | 261 | ||
| ^1 French Land Register data, which exclude estuaries, and lakes, ponds, and glaciers larger than 1 km2 | |||
Mayenne (French pronunciation: [majɛn]) is a department in northwest France named after the Mayenne River.
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Mayenne is one of the original 83 departments created during the French Revolution on March 4, 1790. The northern two thirds correspond to the western part of the former province of Maine. The southern third of Mayenne corresponds to the northern portion of the old province of Anjou.
After the Coalition's victory at Waterloo, between June 1815 and November 1818, Mayenne was occupied by Prussian troops.
Mayenne is part of the current region of Pays de la Loire and is surrounded by the departments of Manche, Orne, Sarthe, Maine-et-Loire, and Ille-et-Vilaine.
The inhabitants of the department are called Mayennais. This demonym is not the source of the word mayonnaise.
The town is featured as a level in the World War II video game Call of Duty 3.