Daon

Commune in Pays de la Loire, France

(2021–2026) Catherine Delarue^[1]Area17.93 km² (6.92 sq mi)Population523 • Density29/km² (76/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)INSEE/Postal codeElevation19–81 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

• 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

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

• Communes of the Mayenne department

References