Moncé-en-Belin
Moncé-en-Belin | |
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The church of Saint-Étienne, in Moncé-en-Belin | |
Coordinates: 47°53′43″N 0°11′56″E / 47.8953°N 0.1989°E | |
Country | France |
Region | Pays de la Loire |
Department | Sarthe |
Arrondissement | Le Mans |
Canton | Écommoy |
Intercommunality | CC de l'Orée de Bercé Bélinois |
Government | |
• Mayor (2020–2026) | Irène Boyer[1] |
Area 1 | 17.49 km2 (6.75 sq mi) |
Population (2021)[2] | 3,675 |
• Density | 210/km2 (540/sq mi) |
Demonym(s) | Moncéen, Moncéenne |
Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
INSEE/Postal code | 72200 /72230 |
Elevation | 40–81 m (131–266 ft) |
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. |
Moncé-en-Belin is a commune in the Sarthe department in the region of Pays de la Loire in north-western France.
The commune is historically in the Haut-Maine part of the province of Maine.[3]
Toponymy
[edit]The suffix Belin expresses the belonging of the commune to the territory of Belinois.
During the French Revolution, the town bore the name of Moncé-lès-Le Mans, in reference to the nearby city of Le Mans.[4]
Geography
[edit]Moncé-en-Belin is located 12 km south of Le Mans, 10 km north-west of Écommoy, and about 8 km from the 24 Hours of Le Mans circuit. The commune is a part of the community of communes of Orée de Bercé - Belinois ,[5] in southern Sarthe.
Population
[edit]Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
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1968 | 1,205 | — |
1975 | 1,688 | +4.93% |
1982 | 2,056 | +2.86% |
1990 | 2,257 | +1.17% |
1999 | 2,463 | +0.98% |
2009 | 3,375 | +3.20% |
2014 | 3,559 | +1.07% |
2020 | 3,669 | +0.51% |
Source: INSEE[7] |
Local culture and heritage
[edit]The area around the town has several sites of notable historical value, including the following:
- Church of Saint-Étienne from the 11th century, containing a retable set,[8] a mural of the Virgin Mary,[9] a painting, and two statues, which have been given the designation of Monument historique
- Chapel of Notre-Dame-des-Bois from 1828
- War memorial
- Monument to the eight airmen (six Canadians, one English, and one Australian) who died on 23 May 1944, during World War II
- Castle mound of Vaux
- Roman camp
- Château de la Gourdinière
- Château de la Beaussonière
- Hattonnieres Castle
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A Latin wayside cross in Roussard sandstone.
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A cross from the Santiago de Compostela pilgrimage.
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The castle mound in the hamlet of Vaux.
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The Notre-Dame-des-Bois chapel.
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 2 December 2020.
- ^ "Populations légales 2021" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
- ^ Saugrain, Claude-Marin (1726). Dictionnaire universel de la France ancienne et moderne et de la Nouvelle France (in French). Vol. 2. p. 633.
- ^ Des villages de Cassini aux communes d'aujourd'hui: Commune data sheet Moncé-en-Belin, EHESS (in French).
- ^ Commune de Moncé-en-Belin (72200), INSEE
- ^ a b c Des villages de Cassini aux communes d'aujourd'hui: Commune data sheet Moncé-en-Belin, EHESS (in French).
- ^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE
- ^ Base Palissy: Autel, tabernacle, retable, tableau : La Déposition de croix, 2 statues : Saint Etienne, Saint Jean-Baptiste, Ministère français de la Culture. (in French)
- ^ Base Palissy: Peinture monumentale : La Dormition de la Vierge, Ministère français de la Culture. (in French)
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