Sarthe
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| Sarthe | |
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| Coat of arms of the Sarthe department | |
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| Administration | |
| Department number: | 72 |
| Region: | Pays de la Loire |
| Prefecture: | Le Mans |
| Subprefectures: | La Flèche Mamers |
| Arrondissements: | 3 |
| Cantons: | 40 |
| Communes: | 375 |
| President of the General Council: | Roland du Luart |
| Statistics | |
| Population | Ranked 47th |
| -1999 | 529,851 |
| Population density: | 85/km² |
| Land area¹: | 6206 km² |
| ¹ French Land Register data, which exclude estuaries, and lakes, ponds, and glaciers larger than 1 km². | |
Sarthe (IPA: [saʁt]) is a French department, named after the Sarthe River.
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[edit] History
The department was created during the French Revolution on March 4, 1790, pursuant to the law of December 22, 1789, starting from a part of province of Maine which divided into two departments, Sarthe and Mayenne.[1]
In Roman Times, this provence contained the city of Mans, and many ruins are still left standing. The Thermal Bathhouse attracts many tourists, as does the theater of Aubigné-Racan, both located on the limits of Anjoue, Maine, and Touraine
[edit] Geography
The department of Sarthe is at the north end of the administrative region of Pays-de-la-Loire. This places it south of Basse-Normandie and on the south edge of the Armorican Massif. It is bordered by the departments of Orne, Eure-et-Loir, Loir-et-Cher, Indre-et-Loire, Maine-et-Loire and Mayenne.
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[edit] See also
- Cantons of the Sarthe department
- Communes of the Sarthe department
- Arrondissements of the Sarthe department
- Circuit de la Sarthe Race circuit for car races
- Circuit de la Sarthe (cycling) Annual road cycling race
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[edit] External links
- (French) Prefecture
- (French) General Council
- (French) Sarthe information
- (French) Sarthe on Wikitravel
