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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 | La Flèche |
Canton | Sablé-sur-Sarthe |
Mayor | Marc Joulaud (2008–2014) |
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Land area1 | 36.92 km2 (14.25 sq mi) |
Population2 | 13,141 (2006) |
- Density | 356 /km2 (920 /sq mi) |
INSEE/Postal code | 72264/ 72300 |
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. |
Sablé-sur-Sarthe, commonly referred to as Sablé, is a commune in the Sarthe department in the Pays de la Loire region in west France.
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The Vaige forms part of the commune's north-western border, flows southwards through the middle of the commune, then flows into the Sarthe River in the town of Sablé-sur-Sarthe.