Montsûrs

Commune in Pays de la Loire, France

Coat of arms

Location of Montsûrs

48°08′05″N 0°33′09″W / 48.1347°N 0.5525°W / 48.1347; -0.5525CountryFranceRegionPays de la LoireDepartmentMayenneArrondissementMayenneCantonÉvronArea

68.14 km² (26.31 sq mi)Population

(2021)^[1]

3,193 • Density47/km² (120/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)INSEE/Postal code

53161 /53150

Elevation62–151 m (203–495 ft)
(avg. 89 m or 292 ft)¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Montsûrs (French pronunciation: [mɔ̃syʁ]) is a commune in the Mayenne department in north-western France. On 1 January 2017, it was merged with Saint-Céneré and formed the short-lived commune Montsûrs-Saint-Céneré.^[2] Montsûrs-Saint-Céneré was merged with Deux-Évailles, Montourtier and Saint-Ouën-des-Vallons on 1 January 2019, and the new commune took the name of Montsûrs.^[3] The river Jouanne flows through the commune.^[4]

Population

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1968	3,016	—
1975	3,131	+0.54%
1982	3,216	+0.38%
1990	3,126	−0.35%
1999	3,109	−0.06%
2007	3,241	+0.52%
2012	3,316	+0.46%
2017	3,227	−0.54%
Source: INSEE^[5]

Points of interest

Arboretum de Montsûrs

References

^ "Populations légales 2021". The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
^ Arrêté préfectoral 29 September 2016 (in French)
^ Arrêté préfectoral 12 December 2018 (in French)
^ Sandre. "Fiche cours d'eau - Jouanne (M34-0300)".
^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE