Saint-Cosme-en-Vairais

Saint-Cosme-en-Vairais
region	Pays de la Loire
Department	Sarthe
Arrondissement	Mamers
Canton	Mamers
Community association	Maine Saosnois
Coordinates	48 ° 16 ' N , 0 ° 28' E Coordinates: 48 ° 16 ' N , 0 ° 28' E
height	67-180 m
surface	32.63 km 2
Residents	1,970 (January 1, 2017)
Population density	60 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code	72110
INSEE code	72276
Website	http://www.stcosme-en-vairais.fr/

Saint-Cosme-en-Vairais is a French commune with 1,970 inhabitants (as of January 1 2017) in the department of Sarthe in the region Pays de la Loire ; it belongs to the Arrondissement of Mamers and the Canton of Mamers . The inhabitants are called Cosméens .

geography

Saint-Cosme-en-Vairais is located about 35 kilometers northeast of Le Mans in Vairais on the border with the Orne department . Saint-Cosme-en-Vairais is surrounded by the neighboring municipalities of Saint-Fulgent-des-Ormes in the north, Igé in the northeast, Pouvrai in the east, Nogent-le-Bernard in the southeast, Rouperroux-le-Coquet in the south, Courcival and Nauvay in the Southwest, Moncé-en-Saosnois to the west and southwest and Saint-Pierre-des-Ormes to the west and northwest.

1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999	2006	2012
1,154	1,946	1,940	1,981	1,903	1.911	1,957	1,998
Source: Cassini and INSEE

Saint-Cosme-et-Saint-Damien church, Romanesque building from the 11th century with additions and alterations from the 12th and 16th centuries
Saint-Gilles-et-Saint-Médard church from the 12th century, alterations in the 14th century, monument historique since 1989

Saint-Augustin church from the 15th century with additions and alterations from the 17th and 19th centuries

Monumental cross

Wall castle ( Motte ) in La Cermondière

16th century Croisettes mansion and Forbonnais mansion from 15th and 17th centuries

Castle on the Étang from the 19th century

19th century mill

old water mill from the 18th century

Fortified house

Fountain

Wash house