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Sablé-sur-Sarthe
Pays de la Loiretown
Sablé-sur-Sarthe
Total population
12,096
Demographic figures from INSEE. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.
City facts
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Overview
Sablé-sur-Sarthe, commonly referred to as Sablé, is a commune in the Sarthe department, in the Pays de la Loire region, western France. It is about 40 km southwest of Le Mans and about 50 km northeast of Angers.
Read more on WikipediaHistory & geography
History
French prime minister François Fillon was mayor of Sablé from 1983 to 2001, which therefore has a TGV station on the line from Paris-Nantes despite a relatively small population.
Geography
The Vaige forms part of the commune's north-western border, flows southwards through the middle of the commune, then flows into the Sarthe River in the town of Sablé-sur-Sarthe.
Excerpted from the corresponding Wikipedia article (CC BY-SA).
Geography
Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.
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Notable people from here
People born within ~10 km, from Wikidata (CC0). Click any name for their Wikipedia article.
Nearby places in Pays de la Loire
- Solesmes1.7 mi away · pop. 1,221
- Vion4.7 mi away · pop. 1,405
- Précigné5.1 mi away · pop. 2,924
- Saint-Brice5.1 mi away · pop. 525
- Avoise6.2 mi away · pop. 570
- Poillé-sur-Vègre6.4 mi away · pop. 598
- Bouère6.9 mi away · pop. 1,069
- Ballée7.4 mi away · pop. 967
- Notre-Dame-du-Pé7.6 mi away · pop. 690
- Cossé-en-Champagne8.5 mi away · pop. 315
- Grez-en-Bouère9 mi away · pop. 980
- Bannes9.8 mi away · pop. 118
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Official Identifiers
INSEE — French National Institute of Statistics
- INSEE code
- 72264
- Department
- 72
- Region
- 52
- Population (Wikidata)
- 12,326
geo.api.gouv.fr
Sources
- • Wikipedia
- • Wikimedia Commons
- • Wikidata
- • iNaturalist
- • Wikidata SPARQL (CC0) — population, area, elevation, inception, head of government, Commons image
- • INSEE — French national statistics, via geo.api.gouv.fr (official commune code, population, surface, department, region)
- • INSEE — French National Institute of Statistics — geo.api.gouv.fr