Tuffé
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| local community | Tuffé Val de la Chéronne | |
| region | Pays de la Loire | |
| Department | Sarthe | |
| Arrondissement | Mamers | |
| Coordinates | 48 ° 7 ' N , 0 ° 31' E | |
| Post Code | 72160 | |
| Former INSEE code | 72363 | |
| Incorporation | January 1, 2016 | |
| status | Commune déléguée | |
| Website | http://www.tuffe.fr/ | |
Tuffé is a commune Déléguée in the French community Tuffé Val de la Cheronne with 1,506 inhabitants (as of January 1 2017) in Arrondissement Mamers in the department of Sarthe in the region Pays de la Loire . The inhabitants are called Tufféens .
On January 1, 2016, the municipality of Tuffé merged with Saint-Hilaire-le-Lierru to form the new municipality of Tuffé Val de la Chéronne. The municipality of Tuffé belonged to the canton of La Ferté-Bernard (until 2015: canton of Tuffé ).
geography
Tuffé is about 30 kilometers east-northeast of Le Mans .
The municipality of Tuffé was surrounded by the neighboring municipalities of Saint-Denis-des-Coudrais in the north, Boëssé-le-Sec in the east and northeast, Saint-Hilaire-le-Lierru in the east, Vouvray-sur-Huisne in the southeast, Beillé in the south, La Chapelle-Saint-Rémy to the west and Prévelles to the northwest.
The A11 autoroute runs through the south of the former municipality .
Population development
| 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 | 2012 |
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| 1,415 | 1,461 | 1,275 | 1,287 | 1,330 | 1,500 | 1,520 | 1,643 |
| Source: Cassini and INSEE | |||||||
Attractions
- Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul church from the 15th / 16th centuries century
- Old Notre-Dame priory
- Chéronne Castle
Community partnerships
Partnerships exist with the British parishes of Allington and Sedgebrook , both in Lincolnshire, England.
