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La Flèche
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commune in Sarthe, France
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La Flèche is a commune in France, situated within the Sarthe department and the arrondissement of la Flèche. It serves as the capital of both the arrondissement and the canton of la Flèche. The town is located in the Pays de la Loire region and borders Villaines-sous-Malicorne, Thorée-les-Pins, Clefs-Val d'Anjou, and Saint-Quentin-lès-Beaurepaire. The Loir river is located near the commune.
The area of La Flèche is 74.21 square kilometers, with an elevation above sea level of 103 meters. Its population is recorded as 16,224, comprising 7,266 males and 7,690 females. The postal code for the area is 72200. La Flèche is twinned with Obernkirchen, Chippenham, Markala, and Złotów.
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Place details
- Locality
- La Flèche
- Region
- Pays de la Loire
- Country
- France
- Population
- 18,536
- Timezone
- Europe/Paris
via OpenStreetMap · GeoNames
Key facts
- Country
- France
- Region
- Pays de la Loire
- Department
- Sarthe
- Arrondissement
- La Flèche
- Canton
- La Flèche
- Intercommunality
- Pays Fléchois
- Mayor 2020 2026
- Nadine Grelet-Certenais
- Area
- 74.21 km (28.65 sq mi)
- Population 2023
- 14,947
- Density
- 201.4/km (521.7/sq mi)
- Time zone
- UTC+01:00 ( CET )
- Summer dst
- UTC+02:00 ( CEST )
- Insee postal code
- 72154 /72200
- Elevation
- 23–103 m (75–338 ft) , (avg. 33 m or 108 ft)
- Website
- www.ville-lafleche.fr
via Wikipedia infobox
Official website
Site officiel de la Ville de La Flèche
Infos pratiques, services et actualités de La Flèche (Sarthe) : démarches en ligne, état-civil, cinéma Le Kid, base de loisirs de La Monnerie, centre aquatique L'îlébulle, agenda...
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- commune of France
- Official name
- Montrouge
- Country
- France
- Located in
- arrondissement of la Flèche
- Population
- 14947
- Area
- 74.21
- Elevation
- 46
- Time zone
- UTC+02:00
- Body of water
- Loir
- Shares border with
- Mareil-sur-Loir
- Official website
- www.ville-lafleche.com
- Image
- La Fleche Townhall 2007 01.jpg
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- topic's main category
- Category:La Flèche
- Commons category
- La Flèche
- twinned administrative body
- Saint-Lambert
- category for people born here
- Category:Births in La Flèche
- postal code
- 72200
- category of associated people
- Category:People from La Flèche
- native label
- La Flèche
- associated electoral district
- canton of la Flèche
- male population
- 7266
- female population
- 7690
- P8168
- Valentin Schindler
- email address
- mailto:[email protected]
- phone number
- +33-2-43-48-53-53
- fax number
- +33-2-43-48-53-82
- described by source
- Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition
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Encyclopedic overview
La Flèche ( French pronunciation: [la flɛʃ] ) is a town and commune in the French department of Sarthe, in the Pays de la Loire region in the Loire Valley. It is the sub-prefecture of the South-Sarthe, the chief district and the chief city of a canton, and the second most populous city of the department. The city is part of the community of communes of the Pays La Flèche. The inhabitants of the town are called Fléchois.
The Prytanée National Militaire is located in La Flèche.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “La Flèche” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.