Sablé-sur-Sarthe

Sablé-sur-Sarthe, commonly referred to as Sablé, is a commune in the Sarthe department, in the Pays de la Loire region, in western France. It is about 50 km northeast of Angers.

"Sablé" redirects here. For the biscuit, see Sablé (biscuit).
Sablé-sur-Sarthe
Commune
The town hall of Sablé in Raphaël Élizé square.
Coat of arms
Location of Sablé-sur-Sarthe
Sablé-sur-Sarthe
Sablé-sur-Sarthe
Coordinates: 47°51′02″N 0°19′45″W
CountryFrance
RegionPays de la Loire
DepartmentSarthe
ArrondissementLa Flèche
CantonSablé-sur-Sarthe
IntercommunalitySablé-sur-Sarthe
Government
 • Mayor (2014-2020) Marc Joulaud
Area
1
36.92 km2 (14.25 sq mi)
Population
 (2017-01-01)[1]
12,220
 • Density330/km2 (860/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code
72264 /72300
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Population
Historical population
YearPop.±%
200612,602—    
200712,579−0.2%
200812,347−1.8%
200912,399+0.4%
201012,466+0.5%
201112,324−1.1%
201212,510+1.5%
201312,575+0.5%
201412,508−0.5%
201512,496−0.1%
201612,350−1.2%

Geography

The Vaige forms part of the commune's north-western border, flows southwards through the middle of the commune, then flows into the Sarthe River in the town of Sablé-sur-Sarthe.

History

François Fillon was mayor of Sablé from 1983 to 2001 and coincidentally has a TGV station on the line from Paris-Nantes despite a relatively small population.

Tourism

The town is a hub for river cruising along the Sarthe. There is a festival of baroque music every August.[2]

Industry

From 2010 to 2015, the motor car firm Venturi had a factory at Sablé-sur-Sarthe.[3][4][5]

Points of interest
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See also

References
  1. "Populations légales 2017". INSEE. Retrieved 6 January 2020.
  2. FesTival de sablé, édition 2018 at lentracte-sable.fr, Accessed 28 April 2018
  3. Menuet, Cédric (19 March 2015). "Sarthe: Venturi ferme son usine de Sablé-sur-Sarthe". Le Journal des Entreprises (in French). Retrieved 12 April 2018.
  4. "Venturi Eclectic, an electrical city-dweller". DriveHomeSafe. Archived from the original on 15 June 2018. Retrieved 12 April 2018.
  5. Garlitos, Kirby (25 June 2015). "Voxan Wattman electric motorcycle goes by the wayside". TopSpeed. Retrieved 12 April 2018.


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