Mézières-sur-Couesnon

Mézières-sur-Couesnon Magoerioù-ar-C'houenon
Mézières-sur-Couesnon
Location within Brittany region  Mézières-sur-Couesnon
Administration
Country	France
Region	Brittany
Department	Ille-et-Vilaine
Arrondissement	Fougères-Vitré
Canton	Saint-Aubin-du-Cormier
Intercommunality	Pays de Saint-Aubin-du-Cormier
Mayor	Philippe Dolo (2008—2014)
Statistics
Elevation	35–121 m (115–397 ft) (avg. 90 m/300 ft)
Land area1	24.74 km2 (9.55 sq mi)
Population2	822  (1999)
- Density	33 /km2 (85 /sq mi)
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 without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.

Coordinates: 48°17′47″N 1°25′54″W / 48.2963888889°N 1.43166666667°W / 48.2963888889; -1.43166666667

Mézières-sur-Couesnon (Breton: Magoerioù-ar-C'houenon, Gallo: Maézierr) is a commune in the Ille-et-Vilaine department in Brittany in north-western France.

Geography

Mézières-sur-Couesnon is located at 30 km (19 mi) northeast of Rennes and 42 km (26 mi) south of 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.

Demographics

Inhabitants of Mézières-sur-Couesnon are called Mézièrais.

Historical population of Mézières-sur-Couesnon
(Source : INSEE^[1])

1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999
1007	962	881	816	807	822
From the year 1962 on: population without double counting—residents of multiple communes (e.g. students and military personnel) are counted only once.

See also

• Communes of the Ille-et-Vilaine department

References

1. ^ Mézières-sur-Couesnon sur le site de l'Insee

External links

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