Noyen-sur-Sarthe
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region | Pays de la Loire | |
Department | Sarthe | |
Arrondissement | La Flèche | |
Canton | Loué | |
Community association | Loué-Brûlon-Noyen | |
Coordinates | 47 ° 52 ' N , 0 ° 6' E | |
height | 27-85 m | |
surface | 43.58 km 2 | |
Residents | 2,611 (January 1, 2017) | |
Population density | 60 inhabitants / km 2 | |
Post Code | 72430 | |
INSEE code | 72223 | |
Website | http://www.noyen-sur-sarthe.fr/ | |
Noyen-sur-Sarthe town hall |
Noyen-sur-Sarthe is a French commune with 2,611 inhabitants (as of January 1 2017) in the department of Sarthe in the region Pays de la Loire . It belongs to the arrondissement of La Flèche and the canton of Loué . The inhabitants are called Noyennais .
geography
Noyen-sur-Sarthe is located about 26 kilometers southwest of Le Mans on the left bank of the Sarthe River , into which the Gée flows here. Noyen-sur-Sarthe is surrounded by the neighboring communities of Pirmil in the north, Fercé-sur-Sarthe in the northeast, Saint-Jean-des-Bois in the east, Mézeray in the southeast, Malicorne-sur-Sarthe in the south, Dureil in the southwest, Avoise in the West and south-west and Tassé in the west and north-west.
The A11 autoroute leads through the municipality . The place has a train stop on the Le Mans – Angers railway line .
Population development
1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 | 2012 |
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2,230 | 2,077 | 2.010 | 2,029 | 2,192 | 2,290 | 2,502 | 2,652 |
Buildings and sights
- Saint-Germain church from the 16th century with alterations from the 18th to 20th centuries
- Petite-Voisine estate, historic monument since 1984
- Mottenburg (Wallburg) La Butte
- Watermills in the center and in the village of Le Gord
- Le Plessis Castle from the 17th century, rebuilt in the 19th century
- Montabon Castle from the 19th century
- RiveSarthe Castle, built in 1906 by Louis Parent for the Baron d'Albigny
- Marcé Castle
Parish partnership
There is a partnership with the German Alfen , a district of the North Rhine-Westphalian municipality of Borchen .
Personalities
- José Arribas (1921–1989), football player and coach
- Jacky Ravenel (* 1944), racing car driver
- Jean-Louis Ravenel (* 1943), racing car driver