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Commune in Pays de la Loire, France From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Sablé-sur-Sarthe (French pronunciation: [sable syʁ saʁt], literally Sablé on 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.
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 (2020–2026) | Nicolas Leudière[1] |
Area 1 | 36.92 km2 (14.25 sq mi) |
Population (2021)[2] | 12,096 |
• Density | 330/km2 (850/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. |
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Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
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1968 | 9,227 | — |
1975 | 10,717 | +2.16% |
1982 | 11,773 | +1.35% |
1990 | 12,178 | +0.42% |
1999 | 12,716 | +0.48% |
2007 | 12,579 | −0.14% |
2012 | 12,510 | −0.11% |
2017 | 12,220 | −0.47% |
Source: INSEE[3] |
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.
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.
The town is a hub for river cruising along the Sarthe. There is a festival of baroque music every August.[4]
From 2010 to 2015, the motor car firm Venturi had a factory at Sablé-sur-Sarthe.[5][6][7]
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