Sillé-le-Guillaume
Sillé-le-Guillaume | |
|---|---|
 The château and the church of Notre-Dame | |
.svg) Coat of arms | |
Location of Sillé-le-Guillaume | |
  Sillé-le-Guillaume  Sillé-le-Guillaume | |
| Coordinates: 48°11′03″N 0°07′41″W / 48.1842°N 0.1281°W / 48.1842; -0.1281 | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Pays de la Loire |
| Department | Sarthe |
| Arrondissement | Mamers |
| Canton | Sillé-le-Guillaume |
| Intercommunality | Champagne Conlinoise et Pays de Sillé |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2020–2026) | Gérard Galpin[1] |
| Area 1 | 12.90 km2 (4.98 sq mi) |
| Population (2021)[2] | 2,195 |
| • Density | 170/km2 (440/sq mi) |
| Demonym | Silléens |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 72334 /72140 |
| Elevation | 115–260 m (377–853 ft) |
| Website | www.sille-le-guillaume.fr |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
Sillé-le-Guillaume (French pronunciation: [sije lə ɡijom]) is a commune in the Sarthe department in the region of Pays de la Loire in north-western France, named after Guillaume de Sillé.
In the fifteenth century the lord of the manor was Sir John Fastolf of Caister in Norfolk (1380–1459), following the English conquest of Normandy and Maine.
Population
| Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
|---|---|---|
| 1968 | 2,528 | — |
| 1975 | 2,777 | +1.35% |
| 1982 | 2,863 | +0.44% |
| 1990 | 2,583 | −1.28% |
| 1999 | 2,585 | +0.01% |
| 2007 | 2,358 | −1.14% |
| 2012 | 2,375 | +0.14% |
| 2017 | 2,305 | −0.60% |
| Source: INSEE[3] | ||
See also
References
- ^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 13 September 2022.
- ^ "Populations légales 2021". The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
- ^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE
- Bibliography
- Barker, Juliet (2009). Conquest: The English Kingdom of France 1417–1450. London: Little, Brown.
- Cooper, Stephen (2010). The Real Falstaff, Sir John Fastolf and the Hundred Years War. Barnsley: Pen and Sword.
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