Saint-Jean-de-la-Motte

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	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 .

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

With the other municipalities of the former canton of Pontvallain there is a partnership with the German municipality of Visbek in Lower Saxony.

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