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Flag of Sarthe - Image by Olivier Touzeau, 7 May 2019
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Code: 72
Region: Pays de la Loire
Traditional provinces: Maine,
Anjou
Bordering departments: Eure-et-Loir,
Indre-et-Loire,
Loir-et-Cher,
Maine-et-Loire,
Mayenne, Orne
Area: 6,206 km2
Population (2016): 567,561 inhabitants
Préfecture: Le Mans
Sous-préfectures: La Flèche, Mamers
Subdivisions: 3 arrondissements, 21 cantons, 360 municipalitiees.
The department is named after river Sarthe (285 km), which joins the Mayenne to constitute the Maine.
Ivan Sache, 14 November 2009
The Departmental Council uses a small-sized, plastic flag (photo) horizontally divided white-green-white with the Council's logo in the central green stripe and beneath on the white field the logotypes
of social networks where the Council has official
accounts (Facebook, Twitter, Instagram) and the URL of its website.
In 2015, General Councils were renamed to Departmental Councils. The Departmental Council modified its logo, replacing the words "Conseil
général" by the words "Le département".
Olivier Touzeau, 7 May 2019
Flag of the former General Council of Sarthe - Image by Olivier Touzeau, 7 May 2019
The General Council used a small-sized, plastic flag (photo) horizontally divided olive green-green-olive green with the Council's logo in the central green stripe and the URL of its website.
Olivier Touzeau, 7 May 2019
Flag of Pays du Mans - Image by Olivier Touzeau, 21 May 2017
Pays du Mans (46, municipalities; 256,000 inhabitants, 815 km2), created in 2002, is an intermunicipal structure (syndicat mixte ouvert, unrestricted public-sector association), gathering five communautés de communes (Portes du Maine, Rives-de-Sarthe, Bocage Cénomans, Sud-Est du Pays manceau, Orée de Bercé-Bélinois), and the communauté urbaine Le Mans Métropole.
The flag of Pays du Mans (photo) is white with the logo,
Olivier Touzeau, 21 May 2017