Pré-en-Pail-Saint-Samson

Pré-en-Pail-Saint-Samson (French pronunciation: [pʁe ɑ̃ paj sɛ̃ sɑ̃sɔ̃]) is a commune in the department of Mayenne, western France. The municipality was established on 1 January 2016 by merger of the former communes of Pré-en-Pail and Saint-Samson.^[3]

Pré-en-Pail-Saint-Samson
Commune
Location of Pré-en-Pail-Saint-Samson
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Coordinates: 48°27′36″N 0°11′49″W
Country	France
Region	Pays de la Loire
Department	Mayenne
Arrondissement	Mayenne
Canton	Villaines-la-Juhel
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Denis Geslain[1]
Area 1	58.22 km2 (22.48 sq mi)
Population  (2022)[2]	2,300
• Density	40/km2 (100/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	53185 /53140
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	2,733	—
1975	2,822	+0.46%
1982	2,902	+0.40%
1990	2,810	−0.40%
1999	2,472	−1.41%
2007	2,520	+0.24%
2012	2,389	−1.06%
2017	2,331	−0.49%
Source: INSEE[4]

See also

• Communes of the Mayenne department