Saint-Hilaire-le-Lierru

Coordinates: 48°06′33″N 0°32′17″E / 48.1092°N 0.5381°E / 48.1092; 0.5381
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Saint-Hilaire-le-Lierru
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Saint-Hilaire-le-Lierru is located in France
Saint-Hilaire-le-Lierru
Saint-Hilaire-le-Lierru
Saint-Hilaire-le-Lierru is located in Pays de la Loire
Saint-Hilaire-le-Lierru
Saint-Hilaire-le-Lierru
Coordinates: 48°06′33″N 0°32′17″E / 48.1092°N 0.5381°E / 48.1092; 0.5381
CountryFrance
RegionPays de la Loire
DepartmentSarthe
ArrondissementMamers
CantonTuffé
IntercommunalityCommunauté de communes du Pays de l'Huisne Sarthoise
Government
 • Mayor (2008–2014) Yvan De La Villesbrunne
Area
1
4.5 km2 (1.7 sq mi)
Population
 (2006[1])
137
 • Density30/km2 (79/sq mi)
Demonym(s)Saint-Hilairien, Saint-Hilairiennes
Saint-Hilairois, Saint-Hilairoise
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code
72288 /72160
Elevation70–120 m (230–390 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Saint-Hilaire-le-Lierru is a former commune. It is found in the region Pays de la Loire in the Sarthe department in the west of France. On 1 January 2016, it was merged into the new commune of Tuffé-Val-de-la-Chéronne.[2] The commune is 70 to 120 meters above sea-level

The figure below shows the evolution of the population:

Famous Monuments[change | change source]

  • The Mansion of Horn (private), built between 1524 and 1557 by Marin le Voyer.
  • House of Heart (closed). It derives its name from the heart carved on its front ( from the sixteenth century).
  • Parish Church: mentioned for the first time between 1080 and 1100 in the chapter of the Church of Saint-Vincent du Mans.

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