Coulans-sur-Gée

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Coulans-sur-Gée
Coulans-sur-Gée (France)
Coulans-sur-Gée
region Pays de la Loire
Department Sarthe
Arrondissement La Flèche
Canton Loué
Community association Loué-Brûlon-Noyen
Coordinates 48 ° 0 ′  N , 0 ° 1 ′  W Coordinates: 48 ° 0 ′  N , 0 ° 1 ′  W
height 63-132 m
surface 27.48 km 2
Residents 1,650 (January 1, 2017)
Population density 60 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code 72550
INSEE code
Website http://www.coulanssurgee.fr/

Coulans-sur-Gée

Coulans-sur-Gée is a French commune with 1,650 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 Coulanais .

geography

Coulans-sur-Gée is about 13 kilometers west of Le Mans on the river Gée . Coulans-sur-Gée is surrounded by the neighboring communities of Bernay-Neuvy-en-Champagne in the north and north-west, La Quinte in the east and north-east, Chaufour-Notre-Dame in the east, Souligné-Flacé in the south, and Brains-sur-Gée in the west as well as Amné in the west and north-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
928 903 843 819 1,069 1,095 1,343 1,689
Source: Cassini and INSEE

Attractions

  • Saint Martin Church
  • Coulans Castle, Monument historique , chapel from 1771
  • Courteille manor, built between 1662 and 1701
Coulans Castle

Community partnerships

With the Malian community Beregoungou is a community partnership .

literature

  • Le Patrimoine des Communes de la Sarthe. Flohic Editions, Volume 1, Paris 2000, ISBN 2-84234-106-6 , pp. 683-687.

Web links

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