Le Mans
Le Mans is a commune. It is found in the Pays de la Loire region in the Sarthe department in the west of France.[1]
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Le Mans | |
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| Palais of Comtes du Maine, birth place of Henry II of England | |
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| Administration | |
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| Country | France |
| Region | Pays de la Loire |
| Department | Sarthe |
| Arrondissement | Le Mans |
| Intercommunality | Le Mans |
| Mayor | Jean-Claude Boulard (2001–2008) |
| Statistics | |
| Elevation | 38–134 m (125–440 ft) (avg. 51 m/167 ft) |
| Land area1 | 52.81 km2 (20.39 sq mi) |
| Population2 | 148,169 (2006) |
| - Density | 2,806/km2 (7,270/sq mi) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 72181/ 72000 |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
| 2 Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once. | |
Le Mans is a city in France. It has about 143,000 inhabitants. It takes about one hour to go to Paris by TGV.[2]
Sport
- Le Mans is the start of the seventh stage of the 2011 Tour de France.
- The city is well known for the 24-hour car race of Le Mans.
Sister cities
Le Mans is twinned with:
Bolton, England, United Kingdom
Haouza, Western Sahara
Paderborn, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
Rostov-on-Don, Rostov Oblast, Russia
Suzuka, Japan
Volos, Greece
Xianyang, Shaanxi, China
Alexandria, Egypt
Le Mans Media
The Dunlop Curve during the 2007 24 Hours of Le Mans
Handprints and signatures from the winners of the 1992 edition of the 24 Hours of Le Mans, Mark Blundell, Derek Warwick, and Yannick Dalmas, at Le Mans
Basil Moreau
Le Palais des Comtes du Maine
The St Julien's cathédral and theGallo-Romain walls of Le Mans.
Organ in the cathedral
Old alley in Le Mans, France
Manhole cover depicting the city's coat-of-arms
Effigy of Berengaria of Navarre in the chapter house of Épau abbey.
References
- ↑ Butler, R. M. (1958). "The Roman Walls of le Mans". The Journal of Roman Studies. 48 (1/2): 33–39. doi:10.2307/298210. JSTOR 298210. S2CID 162544388.
- ↑ "Le Mans | History, Geography, & Points of Interest". Encyclopædia Britannica. Retrieved 18 October 2021.
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