Le Mans
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Location within Pays de la Loire region
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| Country | France |
| Region | Pays de la Loire |
| Department | Sarthe |
| Arrondissement | Le Mans |
| Intercommunality | Le Mans |
| Mayor | Jean-Claude Boulard (2001–2008) |
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| Elevation | 38–134 m (125–440 ft) (avg. 51 m / 167 ft) |
| Land area1 | 52.81 km2 (20.39 sq mi) |
| Population2 | 148,169 (2006) |
| - Density | 2,806 /km2 (7,270 /sq mi) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 72181/ 72000 |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
| 2 Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once. | |
Coordinates: 48°01′12″N 0°11′56″E / 48.020013°N 0.198784°E
Le Mans is a commune. It is found in the Pays de la Loire region in the Sarthe department in the west of France.
Le Mans is a city in France. It has about 143,000 inhabitants. It takes about one hour to go to Paris by TGV.
Sport [change]
- 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 [change]
Le Mans is twinned with:
Bolton, England, United Kingdom
Haouza, Western Sahara
Paderborn, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
Rostov-on-Don, Rostov Oblast, Russia
Suzuka, Japan
Volos, Greece
Xianyang, Shaanxi, China
Alexandria, Egypt
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