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Location within Pays de la Loire region
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| Country | France |
| Region | Pays de la Loire |
| Department | Sarthe |
| Arrondissement | Mamers |
| Canton | La Ferté-Bernard (chef-lieu) |
| Intercommunality | Communauté de communes du Pays de l'Huisne Sarthoise |
| Mayor | Jean-Carles Grelier (2008) |
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| Elevation | 79–146 m (259–479 ft) |
| Land area1 | 14.96 km2 (5.78 sq mi) |
| Population2 | 9,262 (2006 [1]) |
| - Density | 619 /km2 (1,600 /sq mi) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 72132/ 72400 |
| 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. | |
La Ferté-Bernard is a commune in the Sarthe department in the Pays de la Loire region in north-western France.
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It is twinned with Louth in Lincolnshire and also Laufen, Germany.
La Ferte-Bernard is connected with a mythical dragon called the Peluda, which is said to have terrorized the town in medieval times.