Montbizot is a French commune with 1,803 inhabitants (as of January 1 2017) in the department of Sarthe in the region Pays de la Loire . It belongs to the Arrondissement of Le Mans and the Canton of Bonnétable (until 2015: Canton Ballon ). The inhabitants are called Montbizotins .
geography
Montbizot is located about 15 kilometers north of Le Mans on the Orne Saosnoise and the Sarthe , which border the municipality in the northwest. Montbizot is surrounded by the neighboring communities of Teillé in the north, Ballon in the east and northeast, Souligné-sous-Ballon in the east and southeast, La Guierche in the south, Souillé in the south and southwest, Sainte-Jamme-sur-Sarthe in the west and Saint-Jean -d'Assé to the west and north-west. The A28 autoroute and the former national route 138 (today's D338) run through the municipality .
Population development
| year |
1962 |
1968 |
1975 |
1982 |
1990 |
1999 |
2006 |
2012
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| Residents |
1,298 |
1,407 |
1,273 |
1,158 |
1,076 |
1,161 |
1,528 |
1,758
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| Source: Cassini and INSEE
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Attractions
- Saint-Ouen-et-Saint-Barthélemy church from the 16th century
- Maulny Castle from the 19th century
- La Chanterie mansion from the 16th century
- Bridge over the Orne Saosnoise from the 15th century
- town hall
literature
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Le Patrimoine des Communes de la Sarthe. Flohic Editions, Volume 1, Paris 2000, ISBN 2-84234-106-6 , pp. 101-106.
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