Méral

Méral is a common French, located in the department of the Mayenne and the area Pays of the Loire.

Geography

Méral is a rural district located at the borders of the High Anjou, at the border of Low-Maine and close to the limits of the Brittany. It is crossed by the Oudon.

History

With the the Middle Ages and under the Old Mode, Méral was member of the baronnie of Craon. The parish concerned the Diocèse of Angers on the religious level and the Sénéchaussée of Angers on the administrative and legal level.

Insurrection of the chouans (1794)

Méral belongs to the Mayenne angevine.

Administration

Demography

Places and monuments

Parish church (devoted on April 23rd, 1868)

Vault Saint-Joseph (1882). Tomb of Victoire Brielle known as " the Holy one of Méral". Pilgrimage.

Mills

Laundrette on Oudon

Personalities related to the commune

Victoire Brielle (born on January 31st, 1815 in Cormier, deceased on April 29th, 1847 with Méral). Its body was found miraculeusement intact in 1866, a score of years after the burial with the cemetery of Méral.

The chouan Jean-Louis Tréton, known as " Leg of Argent" (1770-1795)

See too

Common of Mayenne

External bonds

Méral on the site of the national geographical Institute
Méral on the site of INSEE
Méral on the site of Quid
Localization of Méral on a chart of France and communes bordering
Plane on Méral on Mapquest

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