Mézières-sur-Couesnon

Commune in Brittany, France

Mézières-sur-Couesnon Maézierr (Gallo) Magoerioù-ar-C'houenon (Breton)
Commune
The town hall and library of Mézières-sur-Couesnon
Location of Mézières-sur-Couesnon
(2020–2026)		Olivier Barbette^[1]
Area ¹	24.74 km² (9.55 sq mi)
Population (2021)^[2]	1,756
• Density	71/km² (180/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	35178 /35140
Elevation	35–121 m (115–397 ft) (avg. 90 m or 300 ft)
¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Mézières-sur-Couesnon (French pronunciation: [mezjɛʁ syʁ kwenɔ̃], literally Mézières on Couesnon; Breton: Magoerioù-ar-C'houenon; Gallo: Maézierr) is a commune in the Ille-et-Vilaine department in Brittany in northwestern France.

Geography

Mézières-sur-Couesnon is located 30 km (19 mi) northeast of Rennes and 42 km (26 mi) south of Mont Saint-Michel. As its name indicates, it is situated on the Couesnon River.

The bordering communes are Saint-Ouen-des-Alleux, Saint-Marc-sur-Couesnon, Saint-Jean-sur-Couesnon, Saint-Aubin-du-Cormier, Gahard, and Vieux-Vy-sur-Couesnon.

Population

Inhabitants of Mézières-sur-Couesnon are called Mézièrais in French.

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±%
1962	1,007	—
1968	962	−4.5%
1975	881	−8.4%
1982	816	−7.4%
1990	807	−1.1%
1999	822	+1.9%
2008	1,297	+57.8%

References

^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 2 December 2020.
^ "Populations légales 2021". The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Mézières-sur-Couesnon.

Geography of Brittany(in French)
The page of the commune on infobretagne.com(in French)
Base Mérimée: Search for heritage in the commune, Ministère français de la Culture. (in French)