Cérans-Foulletourte
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| region | Pays de la Loire | |
| Department | Sarthe | |
| Arrondissement | La Flèche | |
| Canton | Le Lude | |
| Community association | Val de Sarthe | |
| Coordinates | 47 ° 50 ' N , 0 ° 5' E | |
| height | 37-113 m | |
| surface | 32.52 km 2 | |
| Residents | 3,375 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 104 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 72330 | |
| INSEE code | 72051 | |
.jpg) Municipal house or town hall (Mairie) of Cérans-Foulletourte |
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Cérans-Foulletourte is a French municipality with 3375 inhabitants (as of January 1 2017) in the department of Sarthe in the region Pays de la Loire . It belongs to the arrondissement of La Flèche and the canton of Le Lude . The inhabitants are called Céranais and Foulletourtois .
geography
Cérans-Foulletourte is located about 25 kilometers southwest of Le Mans on the Fessard River . Cérans-Foulletourte is surrounded by the neighboring communities of Roézé-sur-Sarthe in the north, Parigné-le-Pôlin in the northeast, Yvré-le-Pôlin in the east, Oizé in the southeast, La Fontaine-Saint-Martin in the south, Mézeray in the west and La Suze-sur-Sarthe in the north-west.
The former route nationale 23 (today's D323) runs through the municipality .
Population development
| year | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 | 2011 |
| Residents | 1,762 | 1,738 | 2.014 | 2,226 | 2,296 | 2,445 | 2,998 | 3,272 |
Attractions
- Bruon dolmen
- Notre-Dame church in Foulletorte from the 19th century with a bell tower from the 15th century, the interior is a monument historique
- Notre-Dame gothic church in Cérans
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Personalities
- François Fillon (* 1954), politician ( LR )
- Pierre Belon (1517–1564), naturalist
Community partnerships
There are partnerships with the German municipality of Visbek in Lower Saxony and since 1996 with the British municipality of Chapel St. Leonards in Lincolnshire (England).
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