Ballon-Saint Mars

Commune in Pays de la Loire, France

Location of Ballon-Saint Mars

(2020–2026) Maurice Vavasseur^[1]Area

31.61 km² (12.20 sq mi)Population

(2021)^[2]

2,266 • Density72/km² (190/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)INSEE/Postal code

72023 /72290

¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Ballon-Saint Mars (French pronunciation: [balɔ̃ sɛ̃ maʁ]) is a commune in the department of Sarthe, western France. The municipality was established on 1 January 2016 by merger of the former communes of Ballon and Saint-Mars-sous-Ballon.^[3]

History

The creation of the new commune of «Ballon-Saint Mars» was decided by a vote of the municipal councils of the communes of Ballon and Saint-Mars-sous-Ballon on 25 June 2015, after several months of negotiations.^[4]

Population

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1968	1,903	—
1975	1,911	+0.06%
1982	1,865	−0.35%
1990	1,817	−0.33%
1999	2,004	+1.09%
2007	2,127	+0.75%
2012	2,163	+0.34%
2017	2,230	+0.61%
Source: INSEE^[5]

Notable people

Wynebald de Ballon, Anglo-Norman magnate
Hamelin de Ballon, Anglo-Norman magnate

References

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^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 16 December 2022.
^ "Populations légales 2021". The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
^ Arrêté préfectoral 7 August 2015 (in French)
^ "Ballon et Saint-Mars se disent "oui"". Ouest France (in French). June 25, 2015.
^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE