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Location within Pays de la Loire region
Sillé-le-Guillaume
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| Country | France |
| Region | Pays de la Loire |
| Department | Sarthe |
| Arrondissement | Mamers |
| Canton | Sillé-le-Guillaume (chef-lieu) |
| Intercommunality | Communauté de communes du Pays de Sillé |
| Mayor | Jean-Marie Hoguet (2008–2014) |
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| Elevation | 115–260 m (377–850 ft) |
| Land area1 | 12.90 km2 (4.98 sq mi) |
| Population2 | 2,360 (2006) |
| - Density | 183 /km2 (470 /sq mi) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 72334/ 72140 |
| Website | www.sille-le-guillaume.fr |
| 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. | |
Sillé-le-Guillaume is a commune in the Sarthe department in the region of Pays-de-la-Loire in north-western France, named after Guillaume de Sillé.
In the fifteenth century the lord of the manor was Sir John Fastolf of Caister in Norfolk (1380-1459), following the English conquest of Normandy and Maine.