Saint-Rigomer-des-Bois

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Saint-Rigomer-des-Bois
Saint-Rigomer-des-Bois (France)
Saint-Rigomer-des-Bois
local community Villeneuve-en-Perseigne
region Pays de la Loire
Department Sarthe
Arrondissement Mamers
Coordinates 48 ° 23 '  N , 0 ° 10'  E Coordinates: 48 ° 23 '  N , 0 ° 10'  E
Post Code 72610
Former INSEE code 72318
Incorporation January 1, 2015
status Commune déléguée
Website http://www.saintrigomerdesbois.fr/

Saint-Rigomer-des-Bois is a commune Déléguée in the French commune of Villeneuve-en-Perseigne with 454 inhabitants (as of January 1 2017) in the department of Sarthe in the region Pays de la Loire . The inhabitants are called Rigomérois .

On January 1, 2015, Saint-Rigomer-des-Bois was merged with the municipalities of Chassé , Lignières-la-Carelle , Montigny , Roullée and La Fresnaye-sur-Chédouet to form the new municipality ( Commune nouvelle ) Villeneuve-en-Perseigne. The municipality belonged to the arrondissement of Mamers and the canton of Mamers (until 2015: canton La Fresnaye-sur-Chédouet ).

geography

Saint-Rigomer-des-Bois is about 42 kilometers north of Le Mans and about eight kilometers southeast of Alençon .

Population development

year 1962 1968 1975 1982 1990 1999 2006 2012
Residents 385 346 339 354 415 471 423 446
Source: Cassini and INSEE

Attractions

  • Saint Rigomer church from the 12th century
  • Courtillole Castle, built at the end of the 17th century

literature

  • Le Patrimoine des Communes de la Sarthe. Flohic Editions, Volume 1, Paris 2000, ISBN 2-84234-106-6 , pp. 601-603.

Web links

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