Le Mans

Le Mans is a commune. It is found in the Pays de la Loire region in the Sarthe department in the west of France.[1]

Le Mans
Palais of Comtes du Maine, birth place of Henry II of England
Location of Le Mans
Le Mans
Le Mans
Coordinates: 48°01′12″N 0°11′56″E
CountryFrance
RegionPays de la Loire
DepartmentSarthe
ArrondissementLe Mans
IntercommunalityLe Mans
Government
  Mayor (2001–2008) Jean-Claude Boulard
Area
1
52.81 km2 (20.39 sq mi)
Population
 (2006)
148,169
  Density2,800/km2 (7,300/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
  Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code
72181 /72000
Elevation38–134 m (125–440 ft)
(avg. 51 m or 167 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Le Mans is a city in France. It has about 143,000 inhabitants. It takes about one hour to go to Paris by TGV.[2]

Sport

  • Le Mans is the start of the seventh stage of the 2011 Tour de France.
  • The city is well known for the 24-hour car race of Le Mans.

Sister cities

Le Mans is twinned with:

References

  1. Butler, R. M. (1958). "The Roman Walls of le Mans". The Journal of Roman Studies. 48 (1/2): 33–39. doi:10.2307/298210. JSTOR 298210. S2CID 162544388.
  2. "Le Mans | History, Geography, & Points of Interest". Encyclopædia Britannica. Retrieved 18 October 2021.


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