Yvré-le-Pôlin
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region | Pays de la Loire | |
Department | Sarthe | |
Arrondissement | La Flèche | |
Canton | Le Lude | |
Community association | South Sarthe | |
Coordinates | 47 ° 49 ′ N , 0 ° 9 ′ E | |
height | 41-112 m | |
surface | 21.84 km 2 | |
Residents | 1,768 (January 1, 2017) | |
Population density | 81 inhabitants / km 2 | |
Post Code | 72330 | |
INSEE code | 72385 | |
Website | http://www.yvrelepolin.fr/ | |
Town hall (Mairie) of Yvré-le-Pôlin |
Yvré-le-Pôlin is a French commune with 1,768 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 Paulinais .
geography
Yvré-le-Pôlin is about 21 kilometers south-southwest of Le Mans . Yvré-le-Pôlin is surrounded by the neighboring communities of Guécélard in the north and north-west, Moncé-en-Belin in the north and north-east, Saint-Gervais-en-Belin in the north-east, Saint-Ouen-en-Belin in the east, Château-l ' Hermitage in the southeast, Requeil in the south, Oizé in the southwest, Cérans-Foulletourte in the west and Parigné-le-Pôlin in the west and northwest.
Population development
year | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 | 2012 |
Residents | 864 | 942 | 1,386 | 1,740 | 1,619 | 1,665 | 1,845 | 1,818 |
Source: Cassini and INSEE |
Attractions
- Saint-Martin church, built at the end of the 14th century, bell tower from the 12th century
- Saint-Jean-Baptiste chapel, built in the first half of the 14th century
- Saint-Michel chapel in La Rondelière
- 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
Parish partnership
With the other municipalities of the former canton of Pontvallain there is a partnership with the German municipality of Visbek in Lower Saxony.