Ruillé-sur-Loir

Part of Loir en Vallée in Pays de la Loire, France

Location of Ruillé-sur-Loir

47°45′13″N 0°37′13″E / 47.7536°N 0.6203°E / 47.7536; 0.6203CountryFranceRegionPays de la LoireDepartmentSartheArrondissementLa FlècheCantonMontval-sur-LoirCommuneLoir en Vallée Area

39.48 km² (15.24 sq mi)Population

(2019)^[1]

1,216 • Density31/km² (80/sq mi)Demonym(s)Ruillacois, RuillacoiseTime zoneUTC+01:00 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)Postal code

72340

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

Ruillé-sur-Loir (French pronunciation: [ʁɥije syʁ lwaʁ], literally Ruillé on Loir) is a former commune in the Sarthe department in the Pays de la Loire region in north-western France. On 1 January 2017, it was merged into the new commune Loir en Vallée.^[2]

The village has a medieval and Renaissance parish church but is dominated by the school and the mother house of the order of Sisters of Providence (which enjoys links with England, the Netherlands and Madagascar). The tall spire of the conventual church is visible at a distance.

It was the first home to the Brothers of St. Joseph, now the Holy Cross Brothers associated with Notre Dame University in the USA.^[3]