Savigné-l'Évêque

Savigné-l'Évêque
region	Pays de la Loire
Department	Sarthe
Arrondissement	Mamers
Canton	Savigné-l'Évêque (main town)
Community association	Gesnois Biluria
Coordinates	48 ° 5 '  N , 0 ° 18'  E Coordinates: 48 ° 5 '  N , 0 ° 18'  E
height	53-126 m
surface	28.48 km 2
Residents	3,998 (January 1, 2017)
Population density	140 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code	72460
INSEE code	72329
Website	http://www.savigneleveque.com/
Town hall of Savigné-l'Évêque

Savigné-l'Évêque is a commune with 3998 inhabitants (as of January 1 2017) in the department of Sarthe in the region Pays de la Loire . Savigné-l'Évêque is part of the Arrondissement of Le Mans and the canton of Savigné-l'Évêque . The inhabitants call themselves "Savignéens".

geography

Savigné-l'Évêque is about ten kilometers northeast of Le Mans . Here the Morte Parence and the Vive Parence flow together. Savigné-l'Évêque is surrounded by the neighboring communities of Courcebœufs in the north, Mayet in the northeast, Saint-Corneille in the east, Beaufay and Sillé-le-Philippe in the southeast, Yvré-l'Évêque in the south, Sargé-lès-le-Mans in the Southwest, Neuville-sur-Sarthe in the west and Joué-l'Abbé in the northwest.

history

The hamlet of Villa (rem) Saviniacum was on the Roman road from Le Mans to Évreux . In the fourth century, the bishop (French: l'Éveque ) of Le Mans, St. Julianus of Le Mans , proselytized the area here. For 1254 the designation Savigneio Episcopi and 1314 Savigni l'Evesque is proven.

Population development

1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999	2006	2011
1.911	1.933	2,269	3,076	3,576	3,721	4,003	4.025

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Attractions

Saint Germain Church

• Saint-Germain church, largely built in the 12th century
• town hall
• Circuit from Mesnil, horse racing track in the south and south-east of the municipality

Parish partnership

There is a partnership with the British community of Caistor in Lincolnshire (England).

Personalities

• Alphonse Lavallée (1791–1873), entrepreneur and founder of the École centrale Paris
• Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (* 1985), tennis player, grew up in Savigné-l'Évêque

Web links

Commons : Savigné-l'Évêque  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

1. ^ Insee - Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques | Insee. Retrieved September 17, 2019 .