La Ferté-Bernard
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Église Notre-Dame des Marais | |
  La Ferté-Bernard | |
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Location within Pays de la Loire region  La Ferté-Bernard | |
| Coordinates: 48°11′15″N 0°39′19″E / 48.1875°N 0.6553°ECoordinates: 48°11′15″N 0°39′19″E / 48.1875°N 0.6553°E | |
| 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 |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2008) | Jean-Carles Grelier |
| Area1 | 14.96 km2 (5.78 sq mi) |
| Population (2006 [1])2 | 9,262 |
| • Density | 620/km2 (1,600/sq mi) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 72132 / 72400 |
| Elevation | 79–146 m (259–479 ft) |
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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.
Twin towns
It is twinned with Louth in Lincolnshire and also Laufen, Germany.
History
La Ferté-Bernard was involved in the 1906 Grand Prix de l'Automobile Club de France, the world's first motoring Grand Prix. The D97 towards Le Mans and the D1 towards Vibraye and Saint-Calais formed two sides of the triangular course.
Local folklore
La Ferte-Bernard is connected with a mythical dragon called the Peluda, which is said to have terrorized the town in medieval times.
See also
References
- ↑ http://www.insee.fr/fr/ppp/bases-de-donnees/recensement/populations-legales/departement.asp?dep=72#dep_B Populations légales 2006 publiées par l’INSEE le 1er janvier 2009
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