Villaines-la-Juhel (French pronunciation: [vilɛn la ʒy.ɛl]) is a commune in the Mayenne department in north-western France.

Its position, with the variation of the main roads, the great agglomerations, and the shoed network makes of Villaines-la-Juhel, a central pole for all this part of the department.

It is in the center of a triangle made up in the North-East by Pré-en-Pail, in the West by Mayenne and South-east by Sillé-le-Guillaume in la Sarthe.

With the Middle Ages, the Lord of Mayenne established a castle on a hillock not far from the borough de Saint-Georges, centre of the town.

Aiglibert, Bishop of Le Mans, gave to the Monastery of Sainte-Marie half of said of Villaines, Trans, Thorigné, July 9, 692.

In 1140, Mathilde of England gave the ground of Villaines, to Juhel II de Mayenne, in thanks for the services which he had rendered.

After the 2nd world war, a deputy of Mayenne, Robert Buron, became several times minister, was to advise General and Mayor of Villaines-la-Juhel.