Fougerolles-du-Plessis

Fougerolles -du- Plessis ( until 1897 only Fougerolles ) is a commune with 1329 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2011 ) in the department of Mayenne in the Pays de la Loire. It belongs to the district of Mayenne and the Canton Landivy.

Demographics

Attractions

• Built Church of the Immaculate Conception ( Église de l' Immaculée - Conception ), in 1858 from the ruins of the nearby Abbey of Savigny
• Hospital (1709 based)
• Goué Castle (16th century)
• Ruin La Hautonière
• Castle Claire Fontaine (19th Century )
• Manoir de la Barbottière ( 1775 )

Personalities

• Jean -Baptiste- Michel Ouvrard de la Haie (1741-1821), priest, writer and counter-revolutionary, born in Fougerolles
• Sylvain Auguste de Marseul (1812-1890), entomologist, born in Fougerolles
• Marin -Marie (1901-1987), marine painter, companion of Jean -Baptiste Charcot
• Paul Laizé (1905-1988), a secular priest, born in Fougerolles

Twinning

• Abbeyleix (Ireland )