Parcé-sur-Sarthe
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| region | Pays de la Loire | |
| Department | Sarthe | |
| Arrondissement | La Flèche | |
| Canton | Sablé-sur-Sarthe | |
| Community association | Sablé-sur-Sarthe | |
| Coordinates | 47 ° 51 ′ N , 0 ° 12 ′ W | |
| height | 22-70 m | |
| surface | 40.58 km 2 | |
| Residents | 2,100 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 52 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 72300 | |
| INSEE code | 72228 | |
Parcé-sur Sarthe is a French commune with 2,100 inhabitants (at January 1, 2017) in the department of Sarthe in the region Pays de la Loire . The municipality covers 38.99 km². Until the French Revolution, the place belonged to the province of Anjou , only then did it come to the newly formed Sarthe department.
history
The place already existed in Gallo-Roman times. The Latin name was Parceum and referred to a village that belonged to a certain Patrice , who came from a Roman family in Anjou . Here was a bridge on which the Roman road from Subdunum ( Le Mans ) to Combaristum (now Combré ) crossed the Sarthe .
A medieval fortification and almost the entire place were destroyed in 1370 during the Hundred Years War when the English had to retreat to the west after a lost battle. Only the tower of a chapel dedicated to Saint Peter (Chapelle Saint-Pierre) from the 11th century remained and still stands today.
Personalities
- Jacques-François Barrin, Marquis de la Galissonnière (* 1667), Lord of Parcé, Le Bailleul , Saint-Aubin, La Guerche and Pescheseul
- The inventor Claude Chappe lived in Parcé towards the end of the 18th century and made his first experiments with the optical telegraph here
literature
- Chronicle of Parcé, ed. by H. de Berrenger, Le Mans 1953
