Le Chevain
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local community | Saint-Paterne - Le Chevain | |
region | Pays de la Loire | |
Department | Sarthe | |
Arrondissement | Mamers | |
Coordinates | 48 ° 26 ' N , 0 ° 8' E | |
Post Code | 72610 | |
Former INSEE code | 72082 | |
Incorporation | January 1, 2017 | |
status | Commune déléguée |
Le Chevain is a commune Déléguée in the French commune of Saint-Paterne - Le Chevain with 577 inhabitants (as of January 1 2017) in the Sarthe department in the region of Pays de la Loire . The inhabitants are called Saint-Paternais .
On January 1, 2017, the municipality of Le Chevain merged with Saint-Paterne to form the new municipality of Saint Paterne - Le Chevain. It belonged to the Mamers arrondissement and the Mamers canton (until 2015: Saint-Paterne canton ).
geography
Le Chevain is located about 48 kilometers north of Le Mans and about two kilometers east of the city center of Alençon on the border with the Orne department .
The A28 autoroute runs through the Commune déléguée .
Population development
1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 | 2013 |
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246 | 265 | 230 | 589 | 663 | 681 | 661 | 606 |
Source: Cassini and INSEE |
Attractions
- Saint-Denis church
- Le Chevain Castle
partnership
A partnership has existed with the British community of Uffington in Oxfordshire (England) since 1991.