Dissay-sous-Courcillon
| Dissay-sous-Courcillon | ||
|---|---|---|
|
||
| region | Pays de la Loire | |
| Department | Sarthe | |
| Arrondissement | La Flèche | |
| Canton | Château-du-Loir | |
| Community association | Loir-Lucé-Bercé | |
| Coordinates | 47 ° 40 ′ N , 0 ° 28 ′ E | |
| height | 43-132 m | |
| surface | 34.92 km 2 | |
| Residents | 932 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 27 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 72500 | |
| INSEE code | 72115 | |
Dissay-sous-Courcillon is a commune with 932 inhabitants (as of January 1 2017) in the Sarthe department in the region of Pays de la Loire ; it belongs to the arrondissement of La Flèche and the canton of Château-du-Loir .
geography
Dissay-sous-Courcillon is located about 43 kilometers south-southeast of Le Mans on the Escotais River (which is called Nais here ) and its tributary Vandœuvre , which flow into the Loir at the northern municipal boundary . Dissay-sous-Courcillon is surrounded by the neighboring municipalities of Montval-sur-Loir in the north and west, Marçon in the north and northeast, Beaumont-sur-Dême in the east and northeast, Épeigné-sur-Dême in the east, Villebourg in the south and southeast, Saint-Christophe-sur-le-Nais in the south, Saint-Pierre-de-Chevillé in the southwest and Nogent-sur-Loir in the west.
Population development
| year | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 | 2013 |
| Residents | 1,066 | 1,029 | 949 | 952 | 910 | 900 | 972 | 960 |
| Source: Cassini and INSEE | ||||||||
Attractions
- Menhirs : "Menhir de la Serpinerie", "Menhir de la Pierre Levée" and "Menhir de Haute-Crane".
- Remains of the monastery Bonlieu , founded in 1219, during the French Revolution destroyed
- Saint-Jean church from the 12th century
- 12th century priory
- Courcillon Castle, originally from the 11th century, alterations from the later centuries
- Remains of Vernay Castle from the 13th century
- Manor houses of Bonlieu and La Jolivière
- Mills
Mill, Courcillon Castle in the background
Remains of the Vernay castle complex
literature
- Le Patrimoine des Communes de la Sarthe. Flohic Editions, Volume 1, Paris 2000, ISBN 2-84234-106-6 , pp. 377-380.
