Ballon () is a former
commune 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
region
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of
Pays de la Loire
Pays de la Loire (; but can also mean 'Lower Loire') is one of the eighteen administrative regions of France, located on the country's Atlantic Ocean, Atlantic coast. It was created in the 1950s to serve as a zone of influence for its capital an ...
in north-western
France
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. On 1 January 2016, it was merged into the new commune of
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 ...
.
Arrêté préfectoral
7 August 2015
See also
*Communes of the Sarthe department
The following is a list of the 352 communes of the Sarthe department of France.
The communes cooperate in the following intercommunalities (as of 2025):[Château de Ballon
The Château de Ballon is a historic castle in Ballon, Sarthe, Pays de la Loire
Pays de la Loire (; but can also mean 'Lower Loire') is one of the eighteen administrative regions of France, located on the country's Atlantic Ocean, Atlantic co ...]
References
External links
Former communes of Sarthe
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