Crannes-en-Champagne

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Crannes-en-Champagne
Crannes-en-Champagne (France)
Crannes-en-Champagne
region Pays de la Loire
Department Sarthe
Arrondissement La Flèche
Canton Loué
Community association Loué-Brûlon-Noyen
Coordinates 47 ° 59 ′  N , 0 ° 3 ′  W Coordinates: 47 ° 59 ′  N , 0 ° 3 ′  W
height 52-117 m
surface 11.97 km 2
Residents 352 (January 1, 2017)
Population density 29 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code 72540
INSEE code

Town hall (Mairie) of Crannes-en-Champagne

Crannes-en-Champagne is a French municipality with 352 inhabitants (as of January 1 2017) in the department of Sarthe in the region Pays de la Loire . The municipality belongs to the arrondissement of La Flèche and the canton of Loué .

geography

Crannes-en-Champagne is located about 19 kilometers west-southwest of Le Mans on the Gée . Crannes-en-Champagne is surrounded by the neighboring communities of Auvers-sous-Montfaucon in the north and north-west, Brains-sur-Gée in the north, Souligné-Flacé in the east and south-east, Chemiré-le-Gaudin in the south, Maigné in the south and south-west, Vallon-sur-Gée in the southwest and Tassillé in the west and northwest.

Population development

1962 1968 1975 1982 1990 1999 2006 2013 2016
385 372 321 251 234 283 344 355 352
Source: Cassini and INSEE

Attractions

  • Saint-Cyr church from the 12th century with alterations from the 16th and 18th centuries
  • Notre-Dame-de-Pitié-Dieu chapel
  • Le Mirail castle with park
  • Bridge over the Gée
  • 18th century windmill

Personalities

literature

  • Le Patrimoine des Communes de la Sarthe. Flohic Editions, Volume 1, Paris 2000, ISBN 2-84234-106-6 , pp. 687-692.

Web links

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