Sablé-sur-Sarthe

Commune in Pays de la Loire, France

Coat of arms

Location of Sablé-sur-Sarthe

(2020–2026) Nicolas Leudière^[1]Area

36.92 km² (14.25 sq mi)Population

(2021)^[2]

12,096 • Density330/km² (850/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)INSEE/Postal code

72264 /72300

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

Sablé-sur-Sarthe (French pronunciation: [sable syʁ saʁt], literally Sablé on Sarthe), commonly referred to as Sablé, is a commune in the Sarthe department, in the Pays de la Loire region, western France. It is about 50 km northeast of Angers.

Population

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Historical population
Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1968	9,227	—
1975	10,717	+2.16%
1982	11,773	+1.35%
1990	12,178	+0.42%
1999	12,716	+0.48%
2007	12,579	−0.14%
2012	12,510	−0.11%
2017	12,220	−0.47%
Source: INSEE^[3]

Geography

The Vaige forms part of the commune's north-western border, flows southwards through the middle of the commune, then flows into the Sarthe River in the town of Sablé-sur-Sarthe.

History

French prime minister François Fillon was mayor of Sablé from 1983 to 2001, which therefore has a TGV station on the line from Paris-Nantes despite a relatively small population.

Tourism

The town is a hub for river cruising along the Sarthe. There is a festival of baroque music every August.^[4]

Industry

From 2010 to 2015, the motor car firm Venturi had a factory at Sablé-sur-Sarthe.^[5]^[6]^[7]

Points of interest

Arboretum du Rosay

References

^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 13 September 2022.
^ "Populations légales 2021". The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE
^ FesTival de sablé, édition 2018 at lentracte-sable.fr, Accessed 28 April 2018
^ Menuet, Cédric (19 March 2015). "Sarthe: Venturi ferme son usine de Sablé-sur-Sarthe". Le Journal des Entreprises (in French). Retrieved 12 April 2018.
^ "Venturi Eclectic, an electrical city-dweller". DriveHomeSafe. Archived from the original on 15 June 2018. Retrieved 12 April 2018.
^ Garlitos, Kirby (25 June 2015). "Voxan Wattman electric motorcycle goes by the wayside". TopSpeed. Retrieved 12 April 2018.