Ambrières-les-Vallées

Ambrières-les-Vallées
The church of Our Lady, in Ambrières-les-Vallées
Coat of arms
Ambrières-les-Vallées
Location within Pays de la Loire region  Ambrières-les-Vallées
Coordinates: 48°24′11″N 0°37′46″W / 48.4031°N 0.6294°WCoordinates: 48°24′11″N 0°37′46″W / 48.4031°N 0.6294°W
Country	France
Region	Pays de la Loire
Department	Mayenne
Arrondissement	Mayenne
Canton	Ambrières-les-Vallées
Government
• Mayor (2008–2014)	Dominique Collet
Area^1	38.78 km^2 (14.97 sq mi)
Population (2009)^2	2,778
• Density	72/km^2 (190/sq mi)
Time zone	CET (UTC+1)
• Summer (DST)	CEST (UTC+2)
INSEE/Postal code	53003 / 53300
Elevation	95–162 m (312–531 ft) (avg. 115 m or 377 ft)
^1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. ^2 Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.

Ambrières-les-Vallées is a commune in the Mayenne department in northwestern France. It is on the border of Normandy.

Population

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±%
1793	2,961	—
1800	2,241	−24.3%
1806	2,289	+2.1%
1821	2,519	+10.0%
1831	2,399	−4.8%
1836	2,434	+1.5%
1841	2,453	+0.8%
1846	2,493	+1.6%
1851	2,599	+4.3%
1856	2,605	+0.2%
1861	2,720	+4.4%
1866	2,615	−3.9%
1872	2,580	−1.3%
1876	2,665	+3.3%
1881	2,615	−1.9%
1886	2,503	−4.3%
1891	2,480	−0.9%
1896	2,398	−3.3%
1901	2,395	−0.1%
1906	2,395	+0.0%
1911	2,250	−6.1%
1921	2,008	−10.8%
1926	1,944	−3.2%
1931	1,947	+0.2%
1936	1,872	−3.9%
1946	1,797	−4.0%
1954	1,631	−9.2%
1962	1,610	−1.3%
1968	1,812	+12.5%
1975	2,561	+41.3%
1982	2,679	+4.6%
1990	2,841	+6.0%
1999	2,903	+2.2%
2009	2,778	−4.3%

See also

• Communes of Mayenne
• Parc naturel régional Normandie-Maine

References

• INSEE statistics