Châteauneuf-sur-Sarthe

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Châteauneuf-sur-Sarthe

Total population

8,727

Elevation16 m

Land area14.39 km²

Coordinates47.68°, -0.49°

Demographic figures from INSEE. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.

City facts

Facts from Wikidata (CC0).

Overview

Châteauneuf-sur-Sarthe is a former commune in the Maine-et-Loire department of western France. On 1 January 2019, it was merged into the commune Les Hauts-d'Anjou. It is approximately 175 miles (280 km) from Paris. It had a population of 3,084 in 2023. The river Sarthe flows to the east of the town near where the Sarthe and river Mayenne join to form the river Maine.

Geography

Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.

Notable people from here

G

Ghislain Marie Raoul Suzanne de Rasilly

Catholic bishop

Henri Lebasque

French painter (1865-1937)

H

Hercule-Girard Charnacé

French diplomat

Jean Foyer

French politician (1921-2008)

Eugène Forget

F

François-Jacques Logerais dit Pimousse

G

Georges Tronchay

French archaeologist

J

Jacques Foyer

French jurist

L

Louis-Charles-Auguste de Houlières

French politician (1750-1802)

Louis Blois

French politician (1880–1945)

M

Marin-Pierre Gaullier

French military personnel

M

Maurice Hardouin

French association football player (1948-2019)

R

René Audran

Senior official of the French Ministry of Defence(assassinated on 25 January 1985)

Y

Yves Rousseau

French aviator (1944–2020)

M

Michel Rousselot

P

Paul Cherbonneau

French politician (1907-1997)

People born within ~10 km, from Wikidata (CC0). Click any name for their Wikipedia article.

Nearby places in Pays de la Loire

• Étriché
  2.9 mi away · pop. 1,541
• Contigné
  3.6 mi away · pop. 761
• Cherré
  4.1 mi away · pop. 532
• Chemiré-sur-Sarthe
  5.4 mi away · pop. 272
• Morannes
  5.5 mi away · pop. 3,682
• Sœurdres
  5.7 mi away · pop. 342
• Marigné
  6.8 mi away · pop. 640
• Daon
  8.4 mi away · pop. 523
• Soucelles
  8.4 mi away · pop. 2,620
• Huillé
  8.8 mi away · pop. 524
• La Jaille-Yvon
  9 mi away · pop. 341
• Précigné
  9.6 mi away · pop. 2,924

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