Beaumont-sur-Sarthe

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Coordinates: 48°13′37″N 0°07′53″E / 48.2269444444, 0.131388888889

Administration
Commune of Beaumont-sur-Sarthe
Location

Country	France
Region	Pays de la Loire
Department	Sarthe
Statistics
Land area^¹	6,64 km²
¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Beaumont-sur-Sarthe is a town situated in the Sarthe department in the Pays de la Loire in France.

The locals are known as “Belmontais”.

Beaumont's mayor is François Robin and he has been mayor since 2001. Prior to this Jean-Marie Foussard was the mayor.

1 Geography
2 Heraldry
3 Twinned towns
4 See also

[edit] Geography

Beaumont is situated half way between Alençon (24 km) and Le Mans (25 km). Fresnay-sur-Sarthe is 12 km away, Ballon 13 km, Sillé-le-Guillaume 21 km and Mamers 25 km. Like the name indicates, Beaumont lies on the river Sarthe.

[edit] Heraldry

Beaumont sur Sarthe’s coat of arms is blue with a lion on the front and has fleurs de lys in the background.

Beaumont-sur-Sarthe is a village and commune in the Sarthe département of France, in the région Pays-de-la-Loire.

[edit] Twinned towns

Beaumont-sur-Sarthe is twinned with the town of Burgh le Marsh in Lincolnshire England. This twinning began in 1988 and celebrated its 20th Anniversary this year. The celebrations took place on the weekend of 10 May 2008. The Chairman of the Beaumont sur Sarthe Twinning Association is Claude Menard and the Chairman of the Burgh le Marsh Twinning Association is Neil Cooper.