The arrondissement of Le Mans is an

arrondissement An arrondissement (, , ) is any of various administrative divisions of France, Belgium, Haiti, certain other Francophone countries, as well as the Netherlands. Europe France The 101 French departments are divided into 342 ''arrondissements ...

of France in the

Sarthe Sarthe () is a department of the French region of Pays de la Loire, and the province of Maine, situated in the '' Grand-Ouest'' of the country. It is named after the river Sarthe, which flows from east of Le Mans to just north of Angers. It ha ...

department in the Pays de la Loire

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. It has 45

communes An intentional community is a voluntary residential community which is designed to have a high degree of social cohesion and teamwork from the start. The members of an intentional community typically hold a common social, political, relig ...

. Its population is 262,997 (2016), and its area is .

Composition

The communes of the arrondissement of Le Mans, and their

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s, are: #

Aigné Aigné () is a commune in the Sarthe department in the region of Pays de la Loire in north-western France. Population See also *Communes of the Sarthe department The following is a list of the 354 communes of the Sarthe department of Fra ...

(72001) # Allonnes (72003) # Arnage (72008) #

Ballon-Saint-Mars Ballon-Saint Mars () is a commune in the department of Sarthe, western France. The municipality was established on 1 January 2016 by merger of the former communes of Ballon and Saint-Mars-sous-Ballon. History The creation of the new commune o ...

(72023) # La Bazoge (72024) # Brette-les-Pins (72047) # Challes (72053) # Champagné (72054) # Changé (72058) # La Chapelle-Saint-Aubin (72065) # Chaufour-Notre-Dame (72073) #

Coulaines Coulaines () is a commune in the Sarthe department in the Pays de la Loire region in north-western France. Its sister city is Kitty Hawk, North Carolina, United States. Population See also * Communes of the Sarthe department * Treaty of Co ...

(72095) # Courcebœufs (72099) #

Écommoy Écommoy () is a commune in the Sarthe department in the Pays de la Loire region in north-western France. The municipality covers . It has 4,744 inhabitants (2019). See also *Communes of the Sarthe department The following is a list of the ...

(72124) #

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(72130) # La Guierche (72147) # Joué-l'Abbé (72150) # Laigné-en-Belin (72155) # Le Mans (72181) # Marigné-Laillé (72187) # La Milesse (72198) # Moncé-en-Belin (72200) # Montbizot (72205) #

Mulsanne Mulsanne () is a commune in the Sarthe department in the region of Pays de la Loire in north-western France. Population Motor racing The Circuit de la Sarthe, which is used in the sports car endurance race 24 Hours of Le Mans, features the l ...

(72213) # Neuville-sur-Sarthe (72217) # Parigné-l'Évêque (72231) # Pruillé-le-Chétif (72247) # Rouillon (72257) #

Ruaudin Ruaudin () is a commune in the department of Sarthe in the Pays de la Loire Region of north-western France. Ruaudin is located in the canton of Écommoy and the arrondissement of Le Mans.Saint-Biez-en-Belin (72268) # Saint-Georges-du-Bois (72280) # Saint-Gervais-en-Belin (72287) # Sainte-Jamme-sur-Sarthe (72289) # Saint-Jean-d'Assé (72290) # Saint-Mars-d'Outillé (72299) # Saint-Ouen-en-Belin (72306) # Saint-Pavace (72310) # Saint-Saturnin (72320) # Sargé-lès-le-Mans (72328) # Souillé (72338) # Souligné-sous-Ballon (72340) # Teillé (72349) # Teloché (72350) # Trangé (72360) # Yvré-l'Évêque (72386)

History

The arrondissement of Le Mans was created in 1800.Historique de la Sarthe
/ref> In February 2006 it lost the five cantons of La Chartre-sur-le-Loir, Château-du-Loir, Le Grand-Lucé, Loué and La Suze-sur-Sarthe to the arrondissement of La Flèche, and the six cantons of Bouloire, Conlie, Montfort-le-Gesnois, Saint-Calais, Sillé-le-Guillaume and Vibraye to the arrondissement of Mamers. In August 2012 it gained the commune Champagné from the arrondissement of Mamers, and it lost the communes Beaufay, Courcemont and

Savigné-l'Évêque Savigné-l'Évêque () is a commune in the Sarthe department in the region of Pays de la Loire in north-western France. Population See also *Communes of the Sarthe department The following is a list of the 354 communes of the Sarthe depar ...

to the arrondissement of Mamers. As a result of the reorganisation of the

cantons of France The cantons of France are territorial subdivisions of the French Republic's departments and arrondissements. Apart from their role as organizational units in relation to certain aspects of the administration of public services and justice, ...

which came into effect in 2015, the borders of the cantons are no longer related to the borders of the arrondissements. The cantons of the arrondissement of Le Mans were, as of January 2015: # Allonnes # Ballon #

# Le Mans-Centre # Le Mans-Est-Campagne # Le Mans-Nord-Campagne # Le Mans-Nord-Ouest # Le Mans-Nord-Ville # Le Mans-Ouest # Le Mans-Sud-Est # Le Mans-Sud-Ouest # Le Mans-Ville-Est

References

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