| La Bazouge-de-Chemeré | |
| Commune Status: | Commune |
| Arrondissement: | Château-Gontier |
| Canton: | Meslay-du-Maine |
| Mayor: | Marie-France Mandelli[1] |
| Term: | 2022 - 2026 |
| Coordinates: | 48.0017°N -0.4861°W |
| Elevation M: | 98 |
| Elevation Min M: | 58 |
| Elevation Max M: | 112 |
| Area Km2: | 24.84 |
| Insee: | 53022 |
| Postal Code: | 53170 |
La Bazouge-de-Chemeré (in French pronounced as /la bazuʒ də ʃəmʁe/) is a commune in the Mayenne department in northwestern France.
The village stands on a promontory above the Vaige river. On the opposite side there are limestone quarries and old lime kilns.
The village stands at the far east of the Armorican Massif so the geology presents various facies : limestone, coal, rhyolite, slate, slate shale. There were anthracite mines dedicated to the lime kiln. The lime was used for liming (soil) until 1896 when chemical fertilizers have been available, so the lime kilns has stopped and also the mining because coal layers are not regular but spread in distant columns.
In 1926 the lightning torched the bell tower then the church. The steeple cover has been built again shorter and the bells were cast again then baptized in 1930. But the fire has brought up covered frescoes of the 16th century showing the dictation of the three dead and the three alive (three skeletons tell three young men the life is short...)
After being an industrial town in the 19th century with lime kilns, quarries and mining, La Bazouge-de-Chemeré returns mainly to agriculture in 20th century.Tourism starts 40 years ago with bed and breakfast and rural lodging in cottages.Nowadays a well-known Ultralight aviation aerodrome stands at the old mine.
Some painters passed in the village :
In 1950 Tribus has painted the porch of the hotel (demolished in 1960) and the church steeple.