Entrammes () is a

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in the

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 ...

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in north-western France. It is located about west of

Parné-sur-Roc Parné-sur-Roc () is a commune in the Mayenne department in northwestern France, boarding the Jouanne river. See also *Communes of Mayenne The following is a list of the 240 communes of the Mayenne department of France. The communes cooper ...

and about south of Laval Entrammes Airport in

Laval Laval means ''The Valley'' in old French and is the name of: People * House of Laval, a French noble family originating from the town of Laval, Mayenne * Laval (surname) Places Belgium * Laval, a village in the municipality of Sainte-Ode, Luxem ...

History

Entrammes owes its location to a major

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across the rivers

and

Jouanne The Jouanne () is a long river in western France located in the department of Mayenne, region of Pays de la Loire. It is a tributary of the river Mayenne on the left side, and so is a sub-tributary of the Loire by Mayenne and Maine. History T ...

: the road connecting

Le Mans Le Mans (, ) is a city in northwestern France on the Sarthe River where it meets the Huisne. Traditionally the capital of the province of Maine, it is now the capital of the Sarthe department and the seat of the Roman Catholic diocese of Le Man ...

Rennes Rennes (; br, Roazhon ; Gallo: ''Resnn''; ) is a city in the east of Brittany in northwestern France at the confluence of the Ille and the Vilaine. Rennes is the prefecture of the region of Brittany, as well as the Ille-et-Vilaine department ...

traditionally crossed the river here. Consequently, a substantial town covering approximately 55 hectares existed here already two thousand years ago, and was already settled during the first century BC.

Gallery

Image:Entrammes-comune.JPG, The old Town Hall Image:Port-du-salut.JPG, The

Port-du-Salut Abbey Port-du-Salut Abbey, also the Abbey of Notre-Dame du Port du Salut (french: Abbaye du Port-du-Salut, ''Abbaye Notre-Dame du Port-du-Salut'' or ''Abbaye du Port-Ringeard'') is a Trappist monastery located in Entrammes, Mayenne, France. The main m ...

Image:Mayenne Entrammes salle chaude.JPG, The Roman-Gaul Baths Image:Chiesa-entrammes.JPG, The

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References

Communes of Mayenne Diablintes {{Mayenne-geo-stub