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 Il ...
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The town is in the center of Lower Maine. Its village is 6 km south-west of Mayenne and 12 km north of Martigné-sur-Mayenne.
The name of the locality is attested in the form Constet in 1207. The place name honors the bishop of Bayeux of the sixth century, Contextus.Albert Dauzat et Charles Rostaing, Dictionnaire étymologique des noms de lieux en France, Paris, Larousse, 1963
Notable Persons
* Jacques Felix Jan de La Hamelinaye (1769–1861), general, retired to Contest at his retirement.
* Bertrand Denis (1902–1986 in Contest), MP.
* Louis Rouland (1907–1940), French aviator born in Contest.
* Jean Yanne (1933–2003), actor, humorist, director. Born Roger-Jean Gouyé, from a family of clog makers who in the eighteenth century lived in the forest of Mayenne. His grandfather René-Jean Gouillet was born in Contest on 13 March 1789, and died in Fougères on 11 October 1855.
See also
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Communes of the Mayenne department
The following is a list of the 240 communes of the Mayenne department of France.
The communes cooperate in the following intercommunalities (as of 2025):Communes of Mayenne
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