Gorron is a pretty market town. It has 3 bakeries, a butcher, several cafes, a tabac, a few clothes shops, 3 banks, 2 garden centres, 2 large furniture shops, insurance agents, 2 estate agents, a tourist info shop, The town has a large park with the river Colmont running through it.There is also a leisure park with kayaking/zip wire/golf. An indoor swimming pool, 2 supermarkets within walking distance of the centre.2 football stadia.
It is 20 minutes from mayenne (large town).
Gorron is a commune

Communes of France

The commune is the lowest level of administrative division in the French Republic. French communes are roughly equivalent to incorporated municipalities or villages in the United States or Gemeinden in Germany...

 in the Mayenne

Mayenne

Mayenne is a department in northwest France named after the Mayenne River.-History:Mayenne is one of the original 83 departments created during the French Revolution on March 4, 1790. The northern two thirds correspond to the western part of the former province of Maine...

 department in north-western France

France

The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...

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It has a twin town in the UK, Hayling Island

Hayling Island

-Leisure activities:Although largely residential, Hayling is also a holiday, windsurfing and sailing centre, the site where windsurfing was invented....

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