The Community of communes of Erve and Charnie

Erve and Charnie is a Communauté of communes in the east of the department of Mayenne including/understanding the communes whose names follow.

It owes its name with the river Erve and the forest of the Charnie.

The communes belong to the canton of Holy-Suzanne, except Saulges and Saint-Georges-the-Fléchard which belongs to the Canton of Meslay-of-Maine.

They belong to the Country of Art and Coëvrons-Mayenne History and include/understand three of the seven Petites cities of character of the Mayenne (Holy-Suzanne, Saulges, Saint-Pierre-on-Erve). Seat: Manor of Ridge-green, Holy-Suzanne street of the kennels with (Mayenne). President: Marc Bernier, Appointed of Mayenne, Vice-president of the General advice, Mayor of Vaiges (mandate in progress).

Remarkable sites

Country of Art and History Coëvrons-Mayenne
River the Erve and forest of the Charnie
prehistoric Caves and natural site of the canyon of Saulges with Thorigné-in-Charnie, Saint-Pierre-on-Erve
Dolmen of Erves
Quoted medieval of Holy-Suzanne : Keep - Camp of Beugy - Hillock Ganne - Castle
Castle of Thorigné-in-Charnie
pedestrian Bridge of the 12th century-13th century, church and Saint-Sylvain vault with Saint-Pierre-on-Erve.
Castle of Face to Torcé-Fish pond-in-Charnie
Manor of Aubigné to Vaiges
Forging mills of Moncor to Chammes
Vault of Perrine Dugué with Saint-Jean-on-Erve
Churches Saint-Pierre, Notre-Dame; Oratorical of Saint-Céneré and lime kiln of Saulges

Remarkable characters

Holy Alleaume, hermit of the 11th century († 1152), founder of the vault Saint Nicolas's Day with Torcé-Fish pond-in-Charnie and of the Abbey of Étival-in-Charnie
Jean-Charles Baguenier Desormeaux, (° 1768, Chammes - †), surgeon and soldier at the time of the wars of the Vendée
Louis-Jean-Baptist-Etienne Baguenier Desormeaux (° 1761 Chammes - † 1836), surgeon and soldier at the time of the wars of the Vendée
Hubert of Beaumont-with-Maine (° ~ 1047 - † 1095), Viscount of Maine, lord of Holy-Suzanne at the 11th century
Marc Bernier (° 1943), mayor of Vaiges, president of the Community of communes of Erve and Charnie, vice-president of the General advice, deputy of the Mayenne
Emile-Marie Bodinier, (° 1842 Vaiges - † 1901), monk and French botanist of the 19th century
Jacques Bouteloup says Go-of-good-heart (° 1776 - † 1841 Torcé-Fish pond-in-Charnie), chief Chouan of the Charnie.
Louis Courtillé says Saint-Paul (° 1769 - † 1796), chief Chouan of the Charnie.
Amand Dagnet (° 1857 - † 1933), teacher with Holy-Suzanne, writer, folklorist and poet of the end of the 19th century and the beginning of the 20th century
Perrine Dugué (° 1777 Thorigné-in-Charnie - † 1796 Saint-Jean-on-Erve), called the tricolor “Holy” , or the republican “Holy”
Céneré de Saulges, (°~ 600 - † 680) hermit of Saulges
Guillaume Fouquet of the Game preserve (1560 - † 1616), French Statesman, minister of Henri IV, manufacturer of the Castle of Holy-Suzanne (Mayenne)
Happiness-Marie Glétron (° 1830 - † 1905), of Vaiges, teacher then militant layman fighting for the equality of the child in front of the instruction;
Louis Hulled grain (- † 1633), cleaned Saulges of 1594 with 1630 and hunter of wolves;
Sylvain Hairy, French sculptor of the 20th century, born with Vaiges
Michel Jacquet says Taillefer (° 1754 - † 1796), chouan chief, died in Vaiges
Eugene Ledrain (° 1844 Holy-Suzanne - † 1910), professor, orientalist and writer French.
Ambroise de Loré (°~ 1395 - † 1446), governor of Holy-Suzanne during the War One hundred Year old
Michel Luette (° 1566 Blandouet - † 1621), military French of the 17th century
Joseph Maillard, (° 1822, † 1897), cleaned Thorigné-in-Charnie of 1870 with 1890 French and historian, in particular as for the Caves of Saulges.
Jean-François Marquis-Ducastel (° 1739 - † 1829), cleaned Holy-Suzanne and historian
Mérolle, Chorévêque of Saulges under Charlemagne
Jacques-Ferdinand Prévost (° 1819 - † 1883, buried with Blandouet), general and historian French
Jacques Robert (° 1875 - † 1892), French poet, of Vaiges
Martial de Savignac (° 1759 - † 1796), cleaned Vaiges, shot the May 10th 1796.
Claude-Augustin Tercier (or of Tercier) (° 1752 - † 1823), general in the royal armies, with the head of the Chouans of the Charnie, ordering the division of Vaiges.

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