Hardanges () is a
French commune, located in
Mayenne,
Pays de la Loire
Pays de la Loire (; ; br, Broioù al Liger) is one of the 18 regions of France, in the west of the mainland. It was created in the 1950s to serve as a zone of influence for its capital, Nantes, one of a handful of "balancing metropolises" ().
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, populated by 203 persons. The commune is part of the historic province of
Maine (province)
Maine () is one of the traditional provinces of France. It corresponds to the former County of Maine, whose capital was also the city of Le Mans. The area, now divided into the departments of Sarthe and Mayenne, counts about 857,000 inhabitants ...
.
History
The Latin form of the name . It is formed of a Germanic medieval suffix ''-ing'' (indicating property), one of few such examples in West France.
[ Librairie Guénégaud ]
Geography
Hardanges is located 11 km from
Villaines-la-Juhel
Villaines-la-Juhel () is a commune in the Mayenne department in north-western France.
Geography
The town of Villaines-la-Juhel was not created by chance. Its position on a strategic Roman way was what enabled it to develop into the city which ...
and 17 km from
Mayenne. The
N12 road is 7 km from the commune.
Hardagnes is a rural commune, as such it is part of those communes judged "sparse or very sparse" by the French
Insee.
[.] As the commune is part of the of Mayenne, it is a Crown Commune.
Local culture and heritage
Key sites and monuments include:
* St Peter's Church
* St Matthew's Chapel, built in 1775
* La Chasse-Guerre Castle
* La Butte Park
* Le Saule Mountain
The commune is home to the motocross circuit.
See also
*
Communes of the Mayenne department
References
Communes of Mayenne
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