Sablé-sur-Sarthe

Sablé-sur-Sarthe
Commune
The town hall of Sablé in Raphaël Élizé square.

Coat of arms
Sablé-sur-Sarthe
Location within Pays de la Loire region
Sablé-sur-Sarthe
Coordinates: 47°51′02″N 0°19′45″W / 47.8505°N 0.3292°W / 47.8505; -0.3292Coordinates: 47°51′02″N 0°19′45″W / 47.8505°N 0.3292°W / 47.8505; -0.3292
Country France
Region Pays de la Loire
Department Sarthe
Arrondissement La Flèche
Canton Sablé-sur-Sarthe
Government
 • Mayor (2008–2014) Marc Joulaud
Area1 36.92 km2 (14.25 sq mi)
Population (2006)2 13,141
 • Density 360/km2 (920/sq mi)
Time zone UTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST) UTC+2 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code 72264 /72300

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.

Sablé-sur-Sarthe, commonly referred to as Sablé, is a commune in the Sarthe department, in the Pays de la Loire region, in western France. It is about 50 km northeast of Angers.

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.

History

François Fillon was mayor of Sablé from 1983 to 2001.

Tourism

The town is a hub for river cruising along the Sarthe. There is a festival of baroque music every August.[1]

Industry

From 2010 to 2015, the motor car firm Venturi had a factory at Sablé-sur-Sarthe.[2][3][4]

Points of interest

See also

References

  1. ↑ FesTival de sablé, édition 2018 at lentracte-sable.fr, Accessed 28 April 2018
  2. ↑ Cédric Menuet, 19 March 2015: 'Sarthe: Venturi ferme son usine de Sablé-sur-Sarthe' (Sarthe: Venturi closes its Sablé-sur-Sarthe factory) at lejournaldesentreprises.com, Accessed 12 April 2018
  3. ↑ 'Venturi Eclectic, an electrical city-dweller' at drivehomesafe.com, Accessed 12 April 2018
  4. ↑ Kirby Garlitos, 25 June 2015 'Voxan Wattman electric motorcycle goes by the wayside', at topspeed.com, Accessed 12 April 2018
  • Town council website
  • Wikisource Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Sablé". Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press.
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