La Chapelle-Fleurigné (French pronunciation: [la ʃapɛl flœʁiɲe]; Breton: Chapel-Flurinieg; Gallo: La Chapèll-Floereinyaè) is a commune in the Ille-et-Vilaine department of Brittany in north-western France. It was established on 1 January 2024, with the merger of the communes of La Chapelle-Janson and Fleurigné.
La Chapelle-Fleurigné
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  La Chapelle-Fleurigné  La Chapelle-Fleurigné | |
| Coordinates: 48°20′54″N 1°06′03″W / 48.34833°N 1.10083°W | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Brittany |
| Department | Ille-et-Vilaine |
| Arrondissement | Fougères-Vitré |
| Canton | Fougères-2 |
| Intercommunality | Fougères Agglomération |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2024–2026) | Alain Forêt[1] |
| Area 1 | 45.13 km2 (17.42 sq mi) |
| Population (2021)[2] | 2,409 |
| • Density | 53/km2 (140/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 35062 /35133 |
| Elevation | 79–249 m (259–817 ft) |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
History
editOn 1 January 2024, La Chapelle-Janson and Fleurigné merged to create the new commune of La Chapelle Fleurigné, albeit without hyphen contrary to the rules for spelling official names of communes in France.[3] An amending decree was published on 5 October 2023 to comply with it by fixing the toponym La Chapelle-Fleurigné with a hyphen.[4]
Geography
editLa Chapelle-Fleurigné is located in the northeastearn part of Ille-et-Vilaine, on the border of the department of Mayenne, in the small agricultural region of Fougères.[5] It is located 50.3 km (31.3 mi) from Rennes,[6] the prefecture of the department, and 7 km (4.3 mi) from the sub-prefecture of Fougères. The commune is also part of the Fougères living area. The closest communes are Beaucé (4.1 km), Laignelet (4.3 km), La Selle-en-Luitré (4.5 km), La Pellerine (5.1 km), Le Loroux (5.9 km), Luitré (7.2 km) and Larchamp (7.8 km).[6] The area of La Chapelle-Fleurigné is 45.13 km2 (17.42 sq mi)[7] and the altitude of the commune varies from 79 to 249 meters.[8]
The commune passes through the Motte d'Yné river, a right bank tributary of the Couesnon.[9]
Climate
editLa Chapelle-Fleurigné features an oceanic climate.[10] This type of climate results in mild temperatures and relatively abundant rainfall (in connection with disturbances coming from the Atlantic Ocean), distributed throughout the year with a slight maximum from October to February.[11]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 16 April 2024.
- ^ "Populations légales 2021" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
- ^ "Recueil des actes administratifs d'Ille-et-Vilaine 2023" (Pdf).
- ^ "Recueil des actes administratifs d'Ille-et-Vilaine 2023" (Pdf).
- ^ "Petites régions agricoles (PRA) par commune". geo.data.gouv.fr. Retrieved 17 October 2023..
- ^ a b "Calcul de distance à vol d'oiseau". coordonnees-gps.fr. Retrieved 17 October 2023.
- ^ "Répertoire géographique des communes". Institut national de l'information géographique et forestière.
- ^ Répertoire géographique des communes (RGC) 2015. En 2016, le RGC a été remplacé par la base Admin Express qui ne comporte plus que l'altitude moyenne de la commune, les altitudes minimale et maximale pouvant être trouvées par un système d'information géographique.
- ^ Sandre. "Fiche cours d'eau - rivière de la motte d'yné (J0004250)"..
- ^ Daniel Joly, Thierry Brossard, Hervé Cardot, Jean Cavailhes, Mohamed Hilal et Pierre Wavresky (18 June 2010). Les types de climats en France, une construction spatiale (in French). Cybergéo, revue européenne de géographie - European Journal of Geography. Retrieved 16 July 2021.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ^ "Le climat en France métropolitaine". www.meteofrance.fr/. 4 February 2020. Retrieved 16 July 2021.
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