Villeneuve-en-Perseigne () is a
commune in the
Sarthe department
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Government and military
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in the
Pays de la Loire
Pays de la Loire (; ; br, Broioù al Liger) is one of the 18 regions of France, in the west of the mainland. It was created in the 1950s to serve as a zone of influence for its capital, Nantes, one of a handful of "balancing metropolises" ().
...
region in north-western
France. It was formed on 1 January 2015 by the merger of the former communes
La Fresnaye-sur-Chédouet,
Chassé
The ''chassé'' (, French for 'to chase'; sometimes anglicized to chasse ) is a dance step used in many dances in many variations. All variations are triple-step patterns of gliding character in a "step-together-step" pattern. The word came fro ...
,
Lignières-la-Carelle,
Montigny,
Roullée and
Saint-Rigomer-des-Bois.
Arrêté préfectoral
22 September 2014
Geography
The commune along with another 32 communes is part of a 3,503 hectare, Natura 2000
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conservation area, called the Haute vallée de la Sarthe Haute Vallée de la Sarthe translated as the Upper Sarthe VAlley is a Natura 2000 conservation area that is 3,503 hectares in size.
Geography
The area is an Alluvial plain in a valley that commonly floods in winter. It is mainly consisted of spars ...
.
Population
See also
* Communes of the Sarthe department
References
Communes of Sarthe
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