Sarthe department

Sarthe
region	Pays de la Loire
prefecture	Le Mans
Sub-prefecture (s)	La Flèche Mamers
Residents	566,506 (Jan. 1, 2017)
Population density	91 inhabitants per km²
surface	6,206.24 km²
Arrondissements	3
Community associations	17th
Cantons	21st
Communities	354
President of the Department Council	Dominique Le Mèner
ISO-3166-2 code	FR-72
Location of the department of Sarthe in the region Pays de la Loire

The Département de la Sarthe  [ saʀt ] is French department with the atomic number 72. It is in the northwest of the country in the Region Pays de la Loire and is named after the River Sarthe named. The river and the department are namesake for the Circuit de la Sarthe , on which the 24-hour race of Le Mans is held.

geography

The Sarthe department borders on the Orne , Eure-et-Loir , Loir-et-Cher , Indre-et-Loire , Maine-et-Loire and Mayenne departments .

The most important river is the eponymous Sarthe .

history

The department was formed on March 4, 1790 from the eastern part of Maine and some northeastern tracts of Anjou .

It has belonged to the Pays de la Loire region since 1960 .

coat of arms

Description: six rows of golden lilies sown on a blue background , the red border is adorned with a silver lion in the upper right corner

Symbolism: The coat of arms of today's Sarthe department is that of the former county of Maine .

Cities

The most populous municipalities in the Sarthe department are:

city	Population (2017)	Arrondissement
Le Mans	142,946	Le Mans
La Flèche	14,956	La Flèche
Sablé-sur-Sarthe	12,220	La Flèche
Allonnes	11,098	Le Mans
La Ferté-Bernard	8,820	Mamers
Coulaines	7,423	Le Mans
Changé	6,519	Le Mans
Montval-sur-Loir	6.124	La Flèche
Mamers	5,299	Mamers
Mulsanne	5,238	Le Mans

Administrative division

The Département Sarthe is divided into 3 arrondissements , 21 cantons and 354 communes :

Communes and arrondissements in the Sarthe department

Arrondissement	Cantons	Communities	Residents January 1, 2017	Area km²	Density of population / km²	Code INSEE
La Flèche	6th	118	151.118	2,521.36	60	721
Le Mans	10	45	263,333	779.71	338	723
Mamers	7th	191	152.055	2,905.17	52	722
Sarthe department	21st	354	566.506	6,206.24	91	72

See also:

• List of communes in the Sarthe department
• List of cantons in the Sarthe department
• List of associations of municipalities in the Sarthe department

The Allée couverte du Colombier is located northwest of Aubigné-Racan, near the D78 road to Sarcé, in the Sarthe department.

The Dolmen la Pierre couverte (Duneau) is located directly on the "Route de Planche" road, east of Connerré, south of Duneau 30 km east of Le Mans.

Web links

Commons : Département Sarthe  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Département Sarthe (French)
• Prefecture of the Sarthe department (French)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ cg72.fr accessed on April 26, 2015.

Coordinates: 48 ° 1 ′  N , 0 ° 13 ′  E