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MAYENNE

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Originally appearing in Volume V17, Page 933 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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MAYENNE , a See also:

town of See also:north-western See also:France, See also:capital of an See also:arrondissement in the See also:department of Mayenne, 19 M. N.N.E. of See also:Laval by See also:rail. Pop., town 7003, See also:commune 10,020. Mayenne is an old feudal town, irregularly built on hills on both sides of the See also:river Mayenne. Of the old See also:castle overlooking the river several towers remain, one of which has retained its conical roof; the vaulted See also:chambers and See also:chapel are ornamented in the See also:style of the 13th See also:century; the See also:building is now used as a See also:prison. The See also:church of Notre-See also:Dame, beside which there is a statue of See also:Joan of Arc, See also:dates partly from the 12th century; the See also:choir was rebuilt in the 17th century. In the See also:Place de See also:Cheverus is a statue, by See also:David of See also:Angers, to See also:Cardinal See also:Jean de Cheverus (1768-1836), who was See also:born in Mayenne. Mayenne has a subprefecture, tribunals of first instance and of See also:commerce, a chamber of arts and manufactures, and a See also:board of See also:trade-See also:arbitration. There is a school of See also:agriculture in the vicinity. The See also:chief See also:industry of the place is the manufacture of tickings, See also:linen, handkerchiefs and calicoes. Mayenne had its origin in the castle built here by Juhel, See also:baron of Mayenne, the son of See also:Geoffrey of See also:Maine, in the beginning of the 11th century. It was taken by the See also:English in 1424, and several times suffered See also:capture by the opposing parties in the See also:wars of See also:religion and the See also:Vendee.

At the beginning of the 16th century the territory passed to the See also:

family of See also:Guise, and in 1573 was made a duchy in favour of See also:Charles of Mayenne, See also:leader of the See also:League.

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