Saint-Jean-de-la-Motte

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Saint-Jean-de-la-Motte
Coat of arms of Saint-Jean-de-la-Motte
Saint-Jean-de-la-Motte (France)
Saint-Jean-de-la-Motte
region Pays de la Loire
Department Sarthe
Arrondissement La Flèche
Canton Le Lude
Community association South Sarthe
Coordinates 47 ° 45 '  N , 0 ° 3'  E 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
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.

Web links

Commons : Saint-Jean-de-la-Motte  - Collection of images, videos and audio files