Daon, Mayenne
Appearance
Daon | |
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![]() The Château de l'Escoublère, in Daon | |
Coordinates: 47°45′03″N 0°38′15″W / 47.7508°N 0.6375°W | |
Country | France |
Region | Pays de la Loire |
Department | Mayenne |
Arrondissement | Château-Gontier |
Canton | Château-Gontier-sur-Mayenne-1 |
Government | |
• Mayor (2021–2026) | Catherine Delarue[1] |
Area 1 | 17.93 km2 (6.92 sq mi) |
Population (2021)[2] | 523 |
• Density | 29/km2 (76/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
INSEE/Postal code | 53089 /53200 |
Elevation | 19–81 m (62–266 ft) (avg. 73 m or 240 ft) |
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. |
Daon is a commune in the Mayenne department in north-western France.
Sights
[edit]- Saint-Germain Church, under renovation in 2012.
- The Logis de la Grande Jaillerie.
- Le Logis du Petit Marigné, listed as a historical monument since 1997.
Castles
[edit]Daon is the commune of the Pays de Château-Gontier containing the most of castles, with around ten of these on its territory:
- The Castle of l'Escoublère, 16th century, listed as a historical monument since 1927.
- Mortreux Castle, listed as a historical monument since 1933.
- The Castle Places.
- Lutz Castle.
- Castle of the Porte.
- Bréon Castle.
- Nouairie Castle.
- Touche-Belin Castle.
- Bellevue Castle, known as Villa Bellevue.
- Beaumont Castle.
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 1 February 2022.
- ^ "Populations légales 2021" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
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