Montsûrs

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]

Montsûrs
Commune
The Chapel of Saint-Martin, in Montsûrs
Coat of arms
Location of Montsûrs
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Coordinates: 48°08′05″N 0°33′09″W
Country	France
Region	Pays de la Loire
Department	Mayenne
Arrondissement	Mayenne
Canton	Évron
Area 1	68.14 km2 (26.31 sq mi)
Population  (2022)[1]	3,192
• Density	47/km2 (120/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	53161 /53150
Elevation	62–151 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.

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

See also

• Communes of the Mayenne department