Lignières-Orgères

Lignières-Orgères
The chapel of Notre-Dame-de-Lourdes, in Lignières-Orgères
Location of Lignières-Orgères
Lignières-Orgères
Lignières-Orgères
Coordinates: 48°32′34″N 0°12′20″W / 48.5428°N 0.2056°W / 48.5428; -0.2056
CountryFrance
RegionPays de la Loire
DepartmentMayenne
ArrondissementMayenne
CantonVillaines-la-Juhel
IntercommunalityMont des Avaloirs
Government
 • Mayor (2020–2026) Raymond Lelièvre[1]
Area
1
40.89 km2 (15.79 sq mi)
Population
 (2023)[2]
719
 • Density17.6/km2 (45.5/sq mi)
Demonym(s)Lignièrois, Lignièroises
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code
53133 /53140
Elevation205–360 m (673–1,181 ft)
(avg. 280 m or 920 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Lignières-Orgères (French pronunciation: [liɲjɛʁ ɔʁʒɛʁ]) is a commune in the Mayenne department in north-western France.

Geography

The commune is made up of the following collection of villages and hamlets, Orgères la-Roche, La Lambertière, Les Noës, La Cornière, Le Gassel, La Godardière, Hyeau, La Haie Portée, La Touchefouillère, La Fouchardière, La Trévannière, Les Sénaillères and La Pâquerie.[3]

The commune is located within the Normandie-Maine Regional Natural Park.[4]



Population

Historical population
YearPop.±% p.a.
1968 986—    
1975 887−1.50%
1982 855−0.52%
1990 773−1.25%
1999 735−0.56%
2007 731−0.07%
2012 752+0.57%
2017 742−0.27%
Source: INSEE[5]

Points of Interest

  • Les Roches d'Orgeres - is natural site where a cluster of gigantic granite boulders.[6] There is a local legand that the rocks were a fairy dwelling.[7]

See also

References

  1. ^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 13 September 2022.
  2. ^ "Populations de référence 2023" (in French). National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 18 December 2025.
  3. ^ a b "Google Maps". Google Maps.
  4. ^ "rapport de charte" (PDF), parc-naturel-normandie-maine.fr/
  5. ^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE
  6. ^ "LES ROCHES D'ORGERES - Lignières-Orgères". Portail du tourisme du département - La Mayenne.
  7. ^ "Les Roches d'Orgères". www.intramuros.org.