Sablé-sur-Sarthe
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.
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 The town hall of Sablé in Raphaël Élizé square. | |
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Location of Sablé-sur-Sarthe 
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| Coordinates: 47°51′02″N 0°19′45″W | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Pays de la Loire |
| Department | Sarthe |
| Arrondissement | La Flèche |
| Canton | Sablé-sur-Sarthe |
| Intercommunality | Sablé-sur-Sarthe |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2014-2020) | Marc Joulaud |
| Area 1 | 36.92 km2 (14.25 sq mi) |
| Population (2017-01-01)[1] | 12,220 |
| • Density | 330/km2 (860/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (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. | |
Population
| Historical population | ||
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| Year | Pop. | ±% |
| 2006 | 12,602 | — |
| 2007 | 12,579 | −0.2% |
| 2008 | 12,347 | −1.8% |
| 2009 | 12,399 | +0.4% |
| 2010 | 12,466 | +0.5% |
| 2011 | 12,324 | −1.1% |
| 2012 | 12,510 | +1.5% |
| 2013 | 12,575 | +0.5% |
| 2014 | 12,508 | −0.5% |
| 2015 | 12,496 | −0.1% |
| 2016 | 12,350 | −1.2% |
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 and coincidentally has a TGV station on the line from Paris-Nantes despite a relatively small population.
Tourism
The town is a hub for river cruising along the Sarthe. There is a festival of baroque music every August.[2]
Points of interest
See also
- Communes of the Sarthe department
- Sablé-sur-Sarthe hostage crisis
References
- "Populations légales 2017". INSEE. Retrieved 6 January 2020.
- FesTival de sablé, édition 2018 at lentracte-sable.fr, Accessed 28 April 2018
- Menuet, Cédric (19 March 2015). "Sarthe: Venturi ferme son usine de Sablé-sur-Sarthe". Le Journal des Entreprises (in French). Retrieved 12 April 2018.
- "Venturi Eclectic, an electrical city-dweller". DriveHomeSafe. Archived from the original on 15 June 2018. Retrieved 12 April 2018.
- Garlitos, Kirby (25 June 2015). "Voxan Wattman electric motorcycle goes by the wayside". TopSpeed. Retrieved 12 April 2018.
External links
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- Town council website
- Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). . Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press.
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