Brains-sur-Gée
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| region | Pays de la Loire | |
| Department | Sarthe | |
| Arrondissement | La Flèche | |
| Canton | Loué | |
| Community association | Loué-Brûlon-Noyen | |
| Coordinates | 48 ° 1 ′ N , 0 ° 2 ′ W | |
| height | 47–128 m | |
| surface | 15.9 km 2 | |
| Residents | 820 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 52 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 72550 | |
| INSEE code | 72045 | |
Brains-sur-Gée is a French municipality with 820 inhabitants (as of January 1 2017) in the Sarthe department in the region of Pays de la Loire . The municipality belongs to the arrondissement of La Flèche and the canton of Loué . Its inhabitants are called Brennois .
geography
Brains-sur-Gée is about 15 kilometers west of Le Mans on the Gée River . Brains-sur-Gée is surrounded by the neighboring communities of Amné in the north and north-west, Coulans-sur-Gée in the east, Souligné-Flacé in the south and south-east, Crannes-en-Champagne in the south and Auvers-sous-Montfaucon in the west.
The A81 autoroute and the former national route 157 (today's D357) run through the municipality .
Population development
| 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 | 2013 | |
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| 479 | 420 | 393 | 380 | 430 | 456 | 587 | 780 | |
| Source: Cassini and INSEE | ||||||||
Attractions
- La Nativité-de-Notre-Dame church
literature
- Le Patrimoine des Communes de la Sarthe. Flohic Editions, Volume 1, Paris 2000, ISBN 2-84234-106-6 , pp. 671-674.
Web links
Commons : Brains-sur-Gée - collection of images, videos and audio files
