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  Department Mayennenumber=53
  Region Pays De La Loire
  Prefecture Laval
  Subprefectures Château-Gontier <br> Mayenne
  Population 285,338pop_date=1999pop_rank=77thdensity=55
  Area 5175area_scale=9
  Arrond 3cantons=32communes=261
  President Jean Arthuis pres_party=
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Mayenne is a Department in northwest France named after the Mayenne River .


HISTORY


Mayenne is one of the original 83 departments created during the French Revolution on March 4 , 1790 . It was created from the western part of the Former Province of Maine .


GEOGRAPHY


Mayenne is part of the current region of Pays De La Loire and is surrounded by the departments of Manche , Orne , Sarthe , Maine-et-Loire , and Ille-et-Vilaine .


DEMOGRAPHICS


The inhabitants of the department are called ''Mayennais''. This Demonym is not the source of the word '' Mayonnaise ''.


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