Sillé-le-Guillaume
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Location within Pays de la Loire region  Sillé-le-Guillaume | |
| Coordinates: 48°11′03″N 0°07′41″W / 48.1842°N 0.1281°WCoordinates: 48°11′03″N 0°07′41″W / 48.1842°N 0.1281°W | |
| 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 |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2008–2014) | Jean-Marie Hoguet |
| Area1 | 12.90 km2 (4.98 sq mi) |
| Population (2006)2 | 2,360 |
| • Density | 180/km2 (470/sq mi) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 72334 / 72140 |
| Elevation | 115–260 m (377–853 ft) |
| Website | www.sille-le-guillaume.fr |
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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. | |
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.
See also
- Communes of the Sarthe department
- Parc naturel régional Normandie-Maine
References
- INSEE
- Stephen Cooper, The Real Falstaff, Sir John Fastolf and the Hundred Years War, (Pen and Sword, 2010)
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