Ampoigné

Ampoigné
Part of Prée-d'Anjou
Location of Ampoigné
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Coordinates: 47°48′41″N 0°49′28″W
Country	France
Region	Pays de la Loire
Department	Mayenne
Arrondissement	Château-Gontier
Canton	Château-Gontier
Commune	Prée-d'Anjou
Area ^1	21.12 km^2 (8.15 sq mi)
Population  (2019)[1]	559
• Density	26/km^2 (69/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal code	53200
Elevation	47–92 m (154–302 ft) (avg. 80 m or 260 ft)
^1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km^2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Ampoigné (French pronunciation: [ɑ̃pwaɲe]) is a former commune in the Mayenne department in northwestern France. On 1 January 2018, it was merged into the new commune of Prée-d'Anjou.[2]

Population

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±%
1962	568	—
1968	502	−11.6%
1975	440	−12.4%
1982	406	−7.7%
1990	385	−5.2%
1999	421	+9.4%
2005	520	+23.5%
2010	558	+7.3%
2015	563	+0.9%

Personalities linked to the commune

• Antoine de la Garanderie (born and buried in Ampoigné), educator and philosopher.

See also

• Communes of Mayenne

References

1. Téléchargement du fichier d'ensemble des populations légales en 2019, INSEE
2. Arrêté préfectoral 2 August 2017 (in French)