Ballon, Sarthe

Ballon
Ballon
Location within Pays de la Loire region
Ballon
Coordinates: 48°10′36″N 0°14′09″E / 48.1767°N 0.2358°E / 48.1767; 0.2358Coordinates: 48°10′36″N 0°14′09″E / 48.1767°N 0.2358°E / 48.1767; 0.2358
Country France
Region Pays de la Loire
Department Sarthe
Arrondissement Le Mans
Canton Bonnétable
Intercommunality Communauté de communes des Portes du Maine
Government
  Mayor (20082014) Maurice Vavasseur
Area1 13.41 km2 (5.18 sq mi)
Population (2006 [1])2 1,307
  Density 97/km2 (250/sq mi)
Demonym(s) Ballonnais, Ballonnaise
Time zone UTC+1 (CET)
  Summer (DST) UTC+2 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code 72023 /72290
Elevation 53–106 m (174–348 ft)

1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

2 Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.

Ballon is a former commune in the Sarthe department in the region of Pays de la Loire in north-western France. On 1 January 2016, it was merged into the new commune of Ballon-Saint-Mars.[2]

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