Le Mans
commune in Sarthe, France
Le Mans is a commune. It is found in the Pays de la Loire region in the Sarthe department in the west of France.[1]
Le Mans | |
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 Palais of Comtes du Maine, birth place of Henry II of England | |
_(orn_ext).svg) Coat of arms | |
Location of Le Mans  | |
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| Coordinates: 48°01′12″N 0°11′56″E / 48.020013°N 0.198784°E | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Pays de la Loire |
| Department | Sarthe |
| Arrondissement | Le Mans |
| Intercommunality | Le Mans |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2001–2008) | Jean-Claude Boulard |
| Area 1 | 52.81 km2 (20.39 sq mi) |
| Population (2006) | 148,169 |
| • Density | 2,800/km2 (7,300/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 72181 /72000 |
| Elevation | 38–134 m (125–440 ft) (avg. 51 m or 167 ft) |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
Le Mans is a city in France. It has about 143,000 inhabitants. It takes about one hour to go to Paris by TGV.[2]
Sport
change- Le Mans is the start of the seventh stage of the 2011 Tour de France.
- The city is well known for the 24-hour car race of Le Mans.
Sister cities
changeLe Mans is twinned with:
Bolton, England, United Kingdom
Haouza, Western Sahara
Paderborn, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
Rostov-on-Don, Rostov Oblast, Russia
Suzuka, Japan
Volos, Greece
Xianyang, Shaanxi, China
Alexandria, Egypt
References
change- ↑ Butler, R. M. (1958). "The Roman Walls of le Mans". The Journal of Roman Studies. 48 (1/2): 33–39. doi:10.2307/298210. JSTOR 298210. S2CID 162544388.
- ↑ "Le Mans | History, Geography, & Points of Interest". Encyclopædia Britannica. Retrieved 18 October 2021.
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