the capital of an arrondissement of the same name, in the department of Mayenne, France, on the right bank of the Mayenne, here crossed by a stone bridge, 17 miles S.S.E. of Laval. It has a fine Gothic church, communal college, three hospitals, agricultural society, public baths, extensive bleachfields, and manufactures of linen and woollen stuffs. It is the entrepot of a great part of the wine, slate, coal, &c. of the department. Pop. 6443.