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Name | Sarthe |
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Native name lang | fr |
Type | Department |
Image shield | blason72.PNG |
Map caption | Location of Sarthe in France |
Coordinates type | region:FR_type:adm2nd |
Coordinates display | inline,title |
Coordinates region | FR |
Subdivision type | Country |
Subdivision name | France |
Subdivision type1 | Region |
Subdivision name1 | Pays de la Loire |
Seat type | Prefecture |
Seat | Le Mans |
Parts type | Subprefectures |
Parts style | para |
P1 | La FlècheMamers |
Leader title | President of the General Council |
Leader name | Roland du Luart |
Unit pref | Metric |
Area footnotes | |
Area total km2 | 6206 |
Population total | 556946 |
Population as of | 2007 |
Population rank | 47th |
Population density km2 | auto |
Blank name sec1 | Department number |
Blank info sec1 | 72 |
Blank name sec2 | Arrondissements |
Blank info sec2 | 3 |
Blank1 name sec2 | Cantons |
Blank1 info sec2 | 40 |
Blank2 name sec2 | Communes |
Blank2 info sec2 | 375 |
Timezone1 | CET |
Utc offset1 | +1 |
Timezone1 dst | CEST |
Utc offset1 dst | +2 |
Footnotes | French Land Register data, which exclude estuaries, and lakes, ponds, and glaciers larger than 1 km2 |
In Roman Times, this province contained the city of Mans, and many of its ruins are still left standing. The Thermal Bathhouse attracts many tourists, as does the Theater of Aubigné-Racan, both located on the outskirts of Anjou, Maine, and Touraine.
Approximately 300,000 people, comprising more than half of the department's population, live in Le Mans, its conurbation or the essentially urban communes close by. The rest of the department retains its rural character, however, being dominated economically by agriculture.
The economy, especially in the Le Mans area, received a boost with the arrival of the railways in 1854 and of a TGV connection in 1989. In terms of road connections the A11 autoroute, which reached Le Mans from the east in 1978, also highlights Sarthe's strategic position as the gateway to the French west.
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