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Encyclopedia Britannica



MAYENNE

This article appears in Volume V17, Page 933 of the Encyclopedia Britannica.

Encyclopedia Britannica - Main :: MAR-MEC
MAYENNE , a town of north-western France,
capital
  of an arrondissement in the department of Mayenne, 19 M. N.N.E. of
Laval
  by rail. Pop., town 7003, commune 10,020. Mayenne is an old feudal town, irregularly built on hills on both sides of the river Mayenne. Of the old castle overlooking the river several towers remain, one of which has retained its conical roof; the vaulted chambers and chapel are ornamented in the style of the 13th century; the building is now used as a prison. The
church
  of Notre-Dame, beside which there is a statue of Joan of Arc,
dates
  partly from the 12th century; the choir was rebuilt in the 17th century. In the Place de Cheverus is a statue, by
David
  of Angers, to Cardinal
Jean
  de Cheverus (1768-1836), who was born in Mayenne. Mayenne has a subprefecture, tribunals of first instance and of commerce, a chamber of arts and manufactures, and a board of
trade
 -arbitration. There is a school of
agriculture
  in the vicinity. The
chief
  industry of the place is the manufacture of tickings, linen, handkerchiefs and calicoes.
Mayenne had its origin in the castle built here by Juhel, baron of Mayenne, the son of
Geoffrey
  of Maine, in the beginning of the 11th century. It was taken by the English in 1424, and several times suffered capture by the opposing parties in the wars of religion and the Vendee. At the beginning of the 16th century the territory passed to the family of Guise, and in 1573 was made a duchy in favour of Charles of Mayenne, leader of the League.


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