Moncé-en-Belin | |
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The church of Saint-Étienne, in Moncé-en-Belin | |
Coordinates: 47°53′43″N 0°11′56″E / 47.8953°N 0.1989°E | |
Country | France |
Region | Pays de la Loire |
Department | Sarthe |
Arrondissement | Le Mans |
Canton | Écommoy |
Intercommunality | CC de l'Orée de Bercé Bélinois |
Government | |
• Mayor (2020–2026) | Irène Boyer [1] |
Area 1 | 17.49 km2 (6.75 sq mi) |
Population (2021)
[2] | 3,675 |
• Density | 210/km2 (540/sq mi) |
Demonym(s) | Moncéen, Moncéenne |
Time zone | UTC+01:00 ( CET) |
• Summer ( DST) | UTC+02:00 ( CEST) |
INSEE/Postal code |
72200 /72230 |
Elevation | 40–81 m (131–266 ft) |
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. |
Moncé-en-Belin is a commune in the Sarthe department in the region of Pays de la Loire in north-western France.
The commune is historically in the Haut-Maine part of the province of Maine. [3]
The suffix Belin expresses the belonging of the commune to the territory of Belinois.
During the French Revolution, the town bore the name of Moncé-lès-Le Mans, in reference to the nearby city of Le Mans. [4]
Moncé-en-Belin is located 12 km south of Le Mans, 10 km north-west of Écommoy, and about 8 km from the 24 Hours of Le Mans circuit. The commune is a part of the community of communes of Orée de Bercé - Belinois , [5] in southern Sarthe.
Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
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1968 | 1,205 | — |
1975 | 1,688 | +4.93% |
1982 | 2,056 | +2.86% |
1990 | 2,257 | +1.17% |
1999 | 2,463 | +0.98% |
2009 | 3,375 | +3.20% |
2014 | 3,559 | +1.07% |
2020 | 3,669 | +0.51% |
Source: INSEE [7] |
The area around the town has several sites of notable historical value, including the following:
Moncé-en-Belin | |
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The church of Saint-Étienne, in Moncé-en-Belin | |
Coordinates: 47°53′43″N 0°11′56″E / 47.8953°N 0.1989°E | |
Country | France |
Region | Pays de la Loire |
Department | Sarthe |
Arrondissement | Le Mans |
Canton | Écommoy |
Intercommunality | CC de l'Orée de Bercé Bélinois |
Government | |
• Mayor (2020–2026) | Irène Boyer [1] |
Area 1 | 17.49 km2 (6.75 sq mi) |
Population (2021)
[2] | 3,675 |
• Density | 210/km2 (540/sq mi) |
Demonym(s) | Moncéen, Moncéenne |
Time zone | UTC+01:00 ( CET) |
• Summer ( DST) | UTC+02:00 ( CEST) |
INSEE/Postal code |
72200 /72230 |
Elevation | 40–81 m (131–266 ft) |
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. |
Moncé-en-Belin is a commune in the Sarthe department in the region of Pays de la Loire in north-western France.
The commune is historically in the Haut-Maine part of the province of Maine. [3]
The suffix Belin expresses the belonging of the commune to the territory of Belinois.
During the French Revolution, the town bore the name of Moncé-lès-Le Mans, in reference to the nearby city of Le Mans. [4]
Moncé-en-Belin is located 12 km south of Le Mans, 10 km north-west of Écommoy, and about 8 km from the 24 Hours of Le Mans circuit. The commune is a part of the community of communes of Orée de Bercé - Belinois , [5] in southern Sarthe.
Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
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1968 | 1,205 | — |
1975 | 1,688 | +4.93% |
1982 | 2,056 | +2.86% |
1990 | 2,257 | +1.17% |
1999 | 2,463 | +0.98% |
2009 | 3,375 | +3.20% |
2014 | 3,559 | +1.07% |
2020 | 3,669 | +0.51% |
Source: INSEE [7] |
The area around the town has several sites of notable historical value, including the following: