Saint-Jean-de-la-Motte
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region | Pays de la Loire | |
Department | Sarthe | |
Arrondissement | La Flèche | |
Canton | Le Lude | |
Community association | South Sarthe | |
Coordinates | 47 ° 45 ' N , 0 ° 3' E | |
height | 40-109 m | |
surface | 32.03 km 2 | |
Residents | 968 (January 1, 2017) | |
Population density | 30 inhabitants / km 2 | |
Post Code | 72510 | |
INSEE code | 72291 | |
Website | http://www.saintjeandelamotte.fr/ |
Saint-Jean-de-la- Motte is a French municipality with 968 inhabitants (as of January 1 2017) in the department of Sarthe in the region Pays de la Loire . It belongs to the arrondissement La Flèche and the canton Le Lude (until 2015: canton Pontvallain ). The inhabitants are called Mottais .
geography
Saint-Jean-de-la-Motte is about 31 kilometers south-southwest of Le Mans . Saint-Jean-de-la-Motte is surrounded by the neighboring communities of La Fontaine-Saint-Martin in the north, Oizé in the northeast, Mansigné in the east, Luché-Pringé in the south, Mareil-sur-Loir in the southwest, and Clermont-Créans in the west and southwest and Ligron to the west and northwest.
The former route nationale 23 (today's D323) runs through the municipality .
Population development
year | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 | 2012 |
Residents | 971 | 873 | 727 | 765 | 815 | 845 | 925 | 879 |
Source: Cassini and INSEE |
Attractions
- Saint-Jean-Baptiste church, built in the 13th century, rebuilt in the 19th century, monument historique
- Wallburg
- Les Trocheries castle
- numerous menhirs and megaliths
- Fessard Chapel, former Sainte-Anne priory
- Chapel of Saint-Michel in Le Grand Pèze
- Jupilles Castle, first mentioned in the 15th century
- La Noirie castle from the 19th century
- La Bruyère Castle
Parish partnership
With the other municipalities of the former canton of Pontvallain there is a partnership with the German municipality of Visbek in Lower Saxony.