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Parcé-sur-Sarthe | |
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.jpg) The centre of Parcé-sur-Sarthe | |
.svg) Coat of arms | |
  Parcé-sur-Sarthe  Parcé-sur-Sarthe | |
| Coordinates: 47°50′32″N 0°11′59″W / 47.8422°N 0.1997°W | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Pays de la Loire |
| Department | Sarthe |
| Arrondissement | La Flèche |
| Canton | Sablé-sur-Sarthe |
| Intercommunality | Sablé-sur-Sarthe |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2020–2026) | Michel Gendry [1] |
| Area 1 | 38.99 km2 (15.05 sq mi) |
| Population (2021)
[2] | 2,046 |
| • Density | 52/km2 (140/sq mi) |
| Demonym(s) | Parcéen, Parcéenne |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 ( CET) |
| • Summer ( DST) | UTC+02:00 ( CEST) |
| INSEE/Postal code |
72228 /72300 |
| Elevation | 26–57 m (85–187 ft) |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
Parcé-sur-Sarthe (French pronunciation: [paʁse syʁ saʁt], literally Parcé on Sarthe) is a commune in the Sarthe department in the region of Pays de la Loire in north-western France.
| Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
|---|---|---|
| 1968 | 1,160 | — |
| 1975 | 1,190 | +0.37% |
| 1982 | 1,432 | +2.68% |
| 1990 | 1,640 | +1.71% |
| 1999 | 1,810 | +1.10% |
| 2007 | 2,023 | +1.40% |
| 2012 | 2,141 | +1.14% |
| 2017 | 2,100 | −0.39% |
| Source: INSEE [3] | ||
- François Villon (1431-1463), poet, briefly imprisoned there as testified by a plaque.
- Claude Chappe (1763-1805), inventor of the semaphore telegraph. He made his first attempts passing messages between Brûlon and Parcé.
- Joseph-René Verdier (born 1819 in Parcé-sur-Sarthe - 1904), watercolourist and student of Auguste and Rosa Bonheur. His works include Étang au crépuscule, Petite Fille jouant avec un chien et Un Matin dans la lande (Musée du Mans).
- Marcel Pagnol (1895-1974), novelist, playwright and filmmaker, bought the Ignière mill in 1930, where he stayed, and which he sold twenty years later. Le Gendre de Monsieur Poirier was partly filmed in the region.
- François Dufeu (born in 1943 in Parcé), writer.
- ^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 2 December 2020.
- ^ "Populations légales 2021" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
- ^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE
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Parcé-sur-Sarthe | |
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|
The centre of Parcé-sur-Sarthe | |
|
Coat of arms | |
Parcé-sur-Sarthe Parcé-sur-Sarthe | |
| Coordinates: 47°50′32″N 0°11′59″W / 47.8422°N 0.1997°W | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Pays de la Loire |
| Department | Sarthe |
| Arrondissement | La Flèche |
| Canton | Sablé-sur-Sarthe |
| Intercommunality | Sablé-sur-Sarthe |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2020–2026) | Michel Gendry [1] |
| Area 1 | 38.99 km2 (15.05 sq mi) |
| Population (2021)
[2] | 2,046 |
| • Density | 52/km2 (140/sq mi) |
| Demonym(s) | Parcéen, Parcéenne |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 ( CET) |
| • Summer ( DST) | UTC+02:00 ( CEST) |
| INSEE/Postal code |
72228 /72300 |
| Elevation | 26–57 m (85–187 ft) |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
Parcé-sur-Sarthe (French pronunciation: [paʁse syʁ saʁt], literally Parcé on Sarthe) is a commune in the Sarthe department in the region of Pays de la Loire in north-western France.
| Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
|---|---|---|
| 1968 | 1,160 | — |
| 1975 | 1,190 | +0.37% |
| 1982 | 1,432 | +2.68% |
| 1990 | 1,640 | +1.71% |
| 1999 | 1,810 | +1.10% |
| 2007 | 2,023 | +1.40% |
| 2012 | 2,141 | +1.14% |
| 2017 | 2,100 | −0.39% |
| Source: INSEE [3] | ||
- François Villon (1431-1463), poet, briefly imprisoned there as testified by a plaque.
- Claude Chappe (1763-1805), inventor of the semaphore telegraph. He made his first attempts passing messages between Brûlon and Parcé.
- Joseph-René Verdier (born 1819 in Parcé-sur-Sarthe - 1904), watercolourist and student of Auguste and Rosa Bonheur. His works include Étang au crépuscule, Petite Fille jouant avec un chien et Un Matin dans la lande (Musée du Mans).
- Marcel Pagnol (1895-1974), novelist, playwright and filmmaker, bought the Ignière mill in 1930, where he stayed, and which he sold twenty years later. Le Gendre de Monsieur Poirier was partly filmed in the region.
- François Dufeu (born in 1943 in Parcé), writer.
- ^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 2 December 2020.
- ^ "Populations légales 2021" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
- ^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE
Wikimedia Commons has media related to
Parcé-sur-Sarthe.
|
| This Sarthe geographical article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |