Saint-Jean-d'Assé
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| region | Pays de la Loire | |
| Department | Sarthe | |
| Arrondissement | Le Mans | |
| Canton | Bonnétable | |
| Community association | Maine Coeur de Sarthe | |
| Coordinates | 48 ° 9 ' N , 0 ° 7' E | |
| height | 51-135 m | |
| surface | 21.29 km 2 | |
| Residents | 1,759 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 83 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 72380 | |
| INSEE code | 72290 | |
| Website | http://www.saintjeandasse.fr/ | |
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Saint-Jean-d'Assé is a French commune with 1,759 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 Asséens .
geography
Saint-Jean-d'Assé is about 16 kilometers north-north-west of Le Mans . Saint-Jean-d'Assé is surrounded by the neighboring communities of Saint-Marceau in the north, Teillé in the northeast, Montbizot in the east, Sainte-Jamme-sur-Sarthe in the east and southeast, La Bazoge in the south, and Sainte-Sabine-sur-Longève to the west and south-west, Mézières-sur-Lavardin to the west and Le Tronchet to the 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 |
| Residents | 1.306 | 1,223 | 1,179 | 1,074 | 1,021 | 1,034 | 1,326 | 1,646 |
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Attractions
- Saint-Fiacre church from the 12th century, alterations from the 17th century
- Saint-Jean church, built from 1897 to 1901
- Notre-Dame-des-Champs chapel from the 11th century, rebuilt in the 15th and 18th centuries, monument historique since 1976
- Chapel Sainte-Scholastique from the 12th century, rebuilt in the 18th century
- Notre-Dame de la Merci-Dieu monastery, first Carmelite convent, then Cistercian monastery
Personalities
- Marin Cureau de la Chambre (1594–1669), personal physician to Louis XIV and writer
literature
- Le Patrimoine des Communes de la Sarthe. Flohic Editions, Volume 1, Paris 2000, ISBN 2-84234-106-6 , pp. 107-112.
