Château-Gontier-sur-Mayenne

Château-Gontier-sur-Mayenne
Subprefecture and commune
Château-Gontier seen from the Europe Bridge
Location of Château-Gontier-sur-Mayenne
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Coordinates: 47°49′43″N 0°42′10″W
Country	France
Region	Pays de la Loire
Department	Mayenne
Arrondissement	Château-Gontier
Canton	Château-Gontier-sur-Mayenne-1 and 2
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Philippe Henry[1]
Area ^1	68.49 km^2 (26.44 sq mi)
Population  (2021)[2]	16,710
• Density	240/km^2 (630/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	53062 /53200
Elevation	22–99 m (72–325 ft)
^1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km^2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Château-Gontier-sur-Mayenne (French pronunciation: [ʃɑto ɡɔ̃tje syʁ majɛn]) is a commune in the Mayenne department in north-western France.^[3] It was established on 1 January 2019 by merger of the former communes of Château-Gontier (the seat), Azé and Saint-Fort.^[4]

Population

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1968	10,875	—
1975	12,339	+1.82%
1982	13,624	+1.43%
1990	14,944	+1.16%
1999	15,701	+0.55%
2007	16,010	+0.24%
2012	16,660	+0.80%
2017	16,776	+0.14%
Populations of the area corresponding with the commune of Château-Gontier-sur-Mayenne at 1 January 2020. Source: INSEE[5]

See also

• Communes of the Mayenne department

References

1. "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 13 September 2022.
2. "Populations légales 2021" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
3. INSEE commune file
4. Arrêté préfectoral 14 November 2018 (in French)
5. Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE