Challes

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Challes
Challes coat of arms
Challes (France)
Challes
region Pays de la Loire
Department Sarthe
Arrondissement Le Mans
Canton Changé
Community association Sud-Est du Pays Manceau
Coordinates 47 ° 56 '  N , 0 ° 25'  E Coordinates: 47 ° 56 '  N , 0 ° 25'  E
height 74-147 m
surface 25.83 km 2
Residents 1,221 (January 1, 2017)
Population density 47 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code 72250
INSEE code
Website www.mairiedechalles.fr

Challes is a commune with 1,221 inhabitants (as of January 1 2017) in the department of Sarthe in the region Pays de la Loire . Challes is part of the arrondissement of Le Mans and the canton of Changé (until 2015: canton of Le Mans-Est-Campagne ). The inhabitants call themselves "Challois".

geography

Challes is located about 17 kilometers east-southeast of Le Mans on the Narais . Challes is surrounded by the neighboring communities Ardenay-sur-Mérize in the north, Surfonds in the northeast, Volnay in the east, Saint-Mars-de-Locquenay in the east and southeast, Villaines-sous-Lucé in the southeast, Le Grand-Lucé in the south and Parigné -l'Évêque to the west.

Population development

1962 1968 1975 1982 1990 1999 2006 2013
966 832 745 919 1,013 1,089 1,169 1,248

Source: Insee

Community partnerships

A partnership has existed with the German municipality of Heidgraben in Schleswig-Holstein since 1993 .

Attractions

Web links

Commons : Challes (Sarthe)  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Dossier complet Commune de Challes (72053) ( French ) Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques. Retrieved February 7, 2019.