Saint-Paterne
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| local community | Saint-Paterne - Le Chevain | |
| region | Pays de la Loire | |
| Department | Sarthe | |
| Arrondissement | Mamers | |
| Coordinates | 48 ° 25 ' N , 0 ° 7' E | |
| Post Code | 72610 | |
| Former INSEE code | 72308 | |
| Incorporation | January 1, 2017 | |
| status | Commune déléguée | |
| Website | http://www.commune-saintpaterne.fr/ | |
Saint-Paterne is a commune Déléguée in the French commune of Saint-Paterne - Le Chevain with 1,543 inhabitants (as of January 1 2017) in the department of Sarthe in the region Pays de la Loire . The inhabitants are called Saint-Paternais .
The municipality of Saint-Paterne merged with Le Chevain on January 1st, 2017 to form the new municipality of Saint-Paterne - Le Chevain. It belonged to the arrondissement of Mamers and the canton of Mamers (until 2015: canton of Saint-Paterne )
geography
Saint-Paterne is about 45 kilometers north of Le Mans on the border with the Orne department .
The municipality of Saint-Paterne was surrounded by the neighboring municipalities of Alençon in the north and west, Le Chevain in the north and east, Saint-Rigomer-des-Bois in the east and southeast, Champfleur in the south and Arçonnay in the southwest.
The A28 autoroute runs along the eastern edge of the Commune déléguée .
Population development
| 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 | 2012 |
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| 549 | 717 | 1,040 | 1,258 | 1,543 | 1,568 | 1,604 | 1,586 |
| Source: Cassini and INSEE | |||||||
Attractions
- Saint-Paterne church
- Saint-Gilles Chapel
- Saint-Paterne Castle
