Thorigné-en-Charnie

Thorigné-en-Charnie
Thorigné-en-Charnie
Commune
	The town hall of Thorigné-en-Charnie
	Coat of arms
	Location of Thorigné-en-Charnie
	Thorigné-en-Charnie Location within France Thorigné-en-Charnie Location within Pays de la Loire
	Coordinates: 48°00′05″N 0°21′25″W / 48.0014°N 0.3569°W
Country	France
Region	Pays de la Loire
Department	Mayenne
Arrondissement	Mayenne
Canton	Meslay-du-Maine
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Bernard Morice
Area 1	17.57 km2 (6.78 sq mi)
Population (2023)	191
• Density	10.9/km2 (28.2/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	53264 /53270
Elevation	57–114 m (187–374 ft) ; (avg. 102 m or 335 ft)
	1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Thorigné-en-Charnie (French pronunciation: [tɔʁiɲe ɑ̃ ʃaʁni], before 1953: Thorigné)^[3] is a commune in the Mayenne department in north-western France.

History

On 22 March 1796, a teenager named Perrine Dugué was murdered by three Chouans in a field between Thorigné and Sainte-Suzanne.^[4] Her grave was rumored to have miraculous healing powers, and it quickly became a popular pilgrimage site.^[4] Though never officially recognized by the church,^[5] she was venerated as a patriotic martyr and referred to as "the saint with tricolor wings."^[4]

References

↑ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 2 December 2020.
↑ "Populations de référence 2023" (in French). National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 18 December 2025.
↑ Décret du 8 avril 1953 portant changement de nom de la commune de Saint-Rémy (Bouches-du-Rhône), Journal officiel de la République française n° 0086, 11 April 1953, p. 3405.
1 2 3 Charmelot, M.A. (1983). "Perrine Dugué, la « sainte aux ailes tricolores »". Annales historiques de la Révolution française (in French) (253): 459–460. Retrieved 2 May 2026 – via Persée.
↑ Soboul, Albert (1985). "Popular Cults during the French Revolution". In Wilson, Stephen (ed.). Saints and their Cults. Cambridge University Press. p. 220. Retrieved 2 May 2026 – via Internet Archive.

[1] "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 2 December 2020.

[2] "Populations de référence 2023" (in French). National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 18 December 2025.

[3] Décret du 8 avril 1953 portant changement de nom de la commune de Saint-Rémy (Bouches-du-Rhône), Journal officiel de la République française n° 0086, 11 April 1953, p. 3405.

[charmelot-4] 1 2 3 Charmelot, M.A. (1983). "Perrine Dugué, la « sainte aux ailes tricolores »". Annales historiques de la Révolution française (in French) (253): 459–460. Retrieved 2 May 2026 – via Persée.

[5] Soboul, Albert (1985). "Popular Cults during the French Revolution". In Wilson, Stephen (ed.). Saints and their Cults. Cambridge University Press. p. 220. Retrieved 2 May 2026 – via Internet Archive.

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