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 ...
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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.
World War II
After the liberation of the area by Allied Forces in August 1944, engineers of the
Ninth Air Force
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IX Engineering Command began construction of a combat Advanced Landing Ground outside of the town. Declared operational on 31 August, the airfield was designated as " A-43". It was used by several combat units until November 1944 when the units moved to Central France and the airfield was closed.Johnson, David C. (1988), U.S. Army Air Forces Continental Airfields (ETO), D-Day to V-E Day; Research Division, USAF Historical Research Center, Maxwell AFB, Alabama. - Maurer, Maurer. Air Force Combat Units of World War II. Maxwell AFB, Alabama: Office of Air Force History, 1983. .
See also
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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):Communes of Sarthe
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