Pontvallain

Pontvallain is a common French, located in the department of the the Sarthe and the area Pays of the Loire.

Its inhabitants is called Vallipontains.

Geography

Localities and variations

Communes bordering

The communes bordering are: .

History

Formerly the village was written " Ponvallin ".

The ruins of the castle of Faigne, surrounded by ditches, was a dependence of the chatellery of Castle-of-Dormouse. For this reason, the stronghold of " Ponvallin" (Pontvallain) depended on the duchy of Anjou and its suzerain Henri II Plantagenêt.

On the legal level, Pontvallain had to be able of high, average and low justice. The borough was attached to the seneschalsy of Castle-of-Dormouse.

In XVIIIesiècle, Pontvallain (still written Ponvallin) belonged to the Pays of election of the Arrow.

On the religious level, Pontvallain depended on the deanery of Oizé and on archidiaconé of Castle-of-Dormouse.

the Notre Dame Vault of Faigne close to Pontvallain, is a high place in charge of the French history, known as of XIesiècle and place of pilgrimage.

Administration

Demography

Religious heritage

Church Saint-Pierre-and-Saint-Paul
Notre-Dame Vault of Faigne

Economy

Famous characters

Monseigneur Rene GRAFFIN (1899-1967), priest missionary in Africa, archbishop of Yaounde (Cameroun), 1955 to 1961

Jean AUDOUY (born in 1910), professor of letters to the Montesquieu college in Mans

Tourist monuments and places

Events

December 4th, 1370: at the time of the battle of Pontvallain, the constable of France Bertrand of the GUESCLIN has demolishes the English troops ordered by Robert KNOLLES and GRANSON, thus allowing the release of the province of Maine

Twinnings

References

External bonds

the official site of the Commune
Pontvallain on a chart of France

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