La Fontaine-Saint-Martin
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region | Pays de la Loire | |
Department | Sarthe | |
Arrondissement | La Flèche | |
Canton | Le Lude | |
Community association | Pays Fléchois | |
Coordinates | 47 ° 47 ' N , 0 ° 3' E | |
height | 49-100 m | |
surface | 13.72 km 2 | |
Residents | 619 (January 1, 2017) | |
Population density | 45 inhabitants / km 2 | |
Post Code | 72330 | |
INSEE code | 72135 | |
Website | http://la-fontaine-st-martin.fr.nf/ | |
Municipal House (Mairie) of La Fontaine-Saint-Martin |
La Fontaine-Saint-Martin is a French municipality with 619 inhabitants (as of January 1 2017) in the department of Sarthe in the region Pays de la Loire . It belongs to the arrondissement La Flèche and the canton Le Lude (until 2015: canton Pontvallain ). The inhabitants are called Fontainois .
geography
La Fontaine-Saint-Martin is located about 26 kilometers south-southwest of Le Mans . La Fontaine-Saint-Martin is surrounded by the neighboring communities of Cérans-Foulletourte in the north, Oizé in the east, Saint-Jean-de-la-Motte in the south, Ligron in the south-west, Courcelles-la-Forêt in the west and Mézeray in the north-west.
Population development
year | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 | 2013 |
Residents | 485 | 512 | 433 | 487 | 447 | 463 | 554 | 618 |
Source: Cassini and INSEE |
Attractions
- Saint-Martin church from the 12th century
- Le Maurier castle from the 16th century, renovations from the 19th century
- Wash house
Parish partnership
The municipalities of the former canton of Pontvallain are partnered with the German municipality of Visbek in Lower Saxony.
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