Ruillé-sur-Loir
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| local community | Loir en Vallée | |
| region | Pays de la Loire | |
| Department | Sarthe | |
| Arrondissement | La Flèche | |
| Coordinates | 47 ° 45 ' N , 0 ° 37' E | |
| Post Code | 72340 | |
| Former INSEE code | 72262 | |
| Incorporation | January 1, 2017 | |
| status | Commune déléguée | |
Ruillé-sur-Loir is a commune Déléguée in the French community Loir en Vallée with 1,217 inhabitants (as of January 1 2017) in the department of Sarthe in the region Pays de la Loire . The inhabitants are called Ruillacois .
On January 1, 2017, Ruillé-sur-Loir was merged with the municipalities of La Chapelle-Gaugain , Lavenay and Poncé-sur-le-Loir to form the new municipality ( Commune nouvelle ) Loir en Vallée. The municipality belonged to the arrondissement of La Flèche and the canton of Château-du-Loir (until 2015: canton of La Chartre-sur-le-Loir ).
geography
Ruillé-sur-Loir is about 42 kilometers southeast of Le Mans on the Loir and belongs to the Coteaux du Loir wine-growing region . The municipality of Ruillé-sur-Loir was surrounded by the neighboring municipalities of Sainte- Osmane in the north, Vancé in the northeast, La Chapelle-Gaugain in the east and northeast, Poncé-sur-le-Loir in the east, Tréhet in the southeast, La Chartre-sur- le-Loir in the south and south-west, Lhomme in the west, Courdemanche in the west and north-west and Saint-Georges-de-la-Couée in the north-west.
Population development
| year | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 | 2013 |
| Residents | 1,188 | 1,118 | 1,086 | 1,284 | 1,287 | 1,205 | 1,214 | 1,191 |
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Attractions
- Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul church, Monument historique since 1999
- Aurière manor, a historic monument since 1983
- Providence Sisterhood Headquarters, founded in 1806
Personalities
- Jacques Dujarié (1767–1838), priest, founder of the Order of the Sisters of Providence de Ruillé-sur-Loir
literature
- Le Patrimoine des Communes de la Sarthe. Flohic Editions, Volume 1, Paris 2000, ISBN 2-84234-106-6 , pp. 364-366.
