The

canton Canton may refer to: Administrative division terminology * Canton (administrative division), territorial/administrative division in some countries, notably Switzerland * Township (Canada), known as ''canton'' in Canadian French Arts and ent ...

of Château-Gontier-sur-Mayenne-1 (before March 2020: ''canton of Azé'')Décret n° 2020-214 du 5 mars 2020 modifiant le décret n° 2014-209 du 21 février 2014 portant délimitation des cantons dans le département de la Mayenne
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Mayenne Mayenne () is a landlocked department in northwest France named after the river Mayenne. Mayenne is part of the administrative region of Pays de la Loire and is surrounded by the departments of Manche, Orne, Sarthe, Maine-et-Loire, and Ille-et ...

department Department may refer to: * Departmentalization, division of a larger organization into parts with specific responsibility Government and military *Department (administrative division), a geographical and administrative division within a country, ...

, northwestern

France France (), officially the French Republic ( ), is a country primarily located in Western Europe. It also comprises of Overseas France, overseas regions and territories in the Americas and the Atlantic Ocean, Atlantic, Pacific Ocean, Pac ...

. It was created at the French canton reorganisation which came into effect in March 2015. Its seat is in

Château-Gontier-sur-Mayenne Château-Gontier-sur-Mayenne () is a Communes of France, commune in the Mayenne Departments of France, department in north-western France. It was established on 1 January 2019 by merger of the former communes of Château-Gontier (the seat), Azé, M ...

. It consists of the following communes: #

Bierné-les-Villages Bierné-les-Villages (, literally ''Bierné the Villages'') is a commune in the Mayenne department in northwestern France. It was established on 1 January 2019 by merger of the former communes of Bierné (the seat), Argenton-Notre-Dame, Saint-La ...

(partly) #

Châtelain Châtelain (from la, castellanus, derived from ''castellum''; pertaining to a castle, fortress. Middle English: '' castellan'' from Anglo-Norman: ''castellain'' and Old French: ''castelain'') was originally the French title for the keeper of a c ...

# Chemazé # Coudray # Daon # Fromentières # Gennes-Longuefuye # Houssay # Ménil # Origné # La Roche-Neuville # Saint-Denis-d'Anjou

References

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