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Sarthe

French department
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Summary

Sarthe is a department of France[1]. Sarthe draws 2,549 Wikipedia views per month (department of france category, ranking #63 of 147).[2]

Key Facts

  • Located in the administrative territorial entity: Pays de la Loire[3]
  • Country: France[4]
  • Head of government: Roland du Luart[5]
  • Capital: Le Mans[6]
  • Shares border with: Orne[7], Eure-et-Loir[8], Loir-et-Cher[9], Indre-et-Loire[10], Maine-et-Loire[11], Mayenne[12]
  • Named after: Sarthe[13]
  • Contains the administrative territorial entity: arrondissement of la Flèche[14], arrondissement of Mamers[15], arrondissement of Le Mans[16]
  • Commons category: Sarthe[17]
  • Inception: March 4, 1790[18]
  • Highest point: Q26868686[19]
  • Coordinate location: 48.283333333333, 0.21666666666667[20]
  • Official website: http://www.sarthe.gouv.fr/[21]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Sarthe[22]
  • Commons gallery: Sarthe[23]
  • Population: 565,518[24], 568,445[25], 566,506[26], 565,963[27], 566,412[28], 566,993[29], 566,058[30], 566,129[31], 566,733[32]
  • Office held by head of government: president of departmental council[33]
  • Coordinates of northernmost point: 48.4849915, 0.2654718[34]
  • Coordinates of southernmost point: 47.5683942, 0.3784366[35]
  • Coordinates of easternmost point: 48.1389661, 0.9165988[36]
  • Coordinates of westernmost point: 47.8321827, -0.4480702[37]
  • Official name: Sarthe[38]
  • List of monuments: Liste des monuments historiques de la Sarthe[39]
  • Category for people born here: Category:Births in Sarthe[40]
  • Category for people who died here: Category:Deaths in Sarthe[41]
  • Demonym: Sarthois[42], Sarthoises[43], Sarthoise[44]

Why It Matters

Sarthe has Wikipedia articles in 28 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[45] Sarthe is known by 19 alternative names across languages and contexts.[46]

Related Entities

France La Flèche Mamers

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

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Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [45] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [46] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 5w ago · Maxime Ravel · 2026-09-01 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14840 → 8
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ P14840: 8"
  2. 16w ago · Albgr03 · 2026-06-15 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Capital → Le Mans
    Country → France
    Population → {'amount': '+565518'}, {'amount': '+568445'}, {'amount': '+566506'} +6
    Capital → —
    + 38 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/36652|batch #36652]]: Remove redundant P421, they are available at a higher administrative level"
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