What is Montenay?
[[File:Montenay polissoir.JPG|thumb|The groove, located about 3k from the village]] '''Montenay''' is a [[Communes of France|commune]] of 1,399 people ([[1999]]). It is found in the region [[Pays de la Loire]] in the [[Mayenne]] department in the northwest of [[France]]. The name of the place occurred as ''Montaniaco'' in the ninth century, and as ''Monteneio'' en 1225. It probably comes from the Latin ''Montanus''. The area was probably settled in Neolithic times (5000-3000 BC). There is a [[dolmen]] and a [[Grooves (archaeology)|groove]] nearby. The groove is called St. Guillaume's stone, and is located about 3km from the village. {{France-geo-stub}} [[Category:Communes in Mayenne]]