Moncé-en-Belin
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| The church of Saint-Étienne, in Moncé-en-Belin
The church of Saint-Étienne, in Moncé-en-Belin
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| Country | France | |
| Region | Pays de la Loire | |
| Department | Sarthe | |
| Arrondissement | Le Mans | |
| Canton | Écommoy | |
| Intercommunality | CC de l'Orée de Bercé Bélinois | |
| Government | ||
| • Mayor (2020–2026) | Irène Boyer[1] | |
| Area1 | 17.49 km2 (6.75 sq mi) | |
| Population (Jan. 2018)2 | Lua error in Module:Wd at line 405: invalid escape sequence near '"^'. | |
| INSEE/Postal code | 72200 / 72230 | |
| Elevation | 40–81 m (131–266 ft) | |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. 2 Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once. | ||
Moncé-en-Belin is a commune in the Sarthe department in the region of Pays de la Loire in north-western France, with a municipal population of 3,703 in January 2019, with a further 62 counted separately.[2]
The commune is historically in the Haut-Maine part of the province of Maine.[3]
Toponymy
The suffix Belin expresses the belonging of the commune to the territory of Belinois.
During the French Revolution, the town bore the name of Moncé-lès-Le Mans, in reference to the nearby city of Le Mans.[4]
Geography
Moncé-en-Belin is located 12 km south of Le Mans, 10 km north-west of Écommoy, and about 8 km from the 24 Hours of Le Mans circuit. This city is a part of the community of communes of Orée de Bercé - Belinois, in Sud-Sarthe.
Local culture and heritage
The area around the town has several sites of notable historical value, including the following:
- Church of Saint-Étienne from the 11th century, containing a retable set,[6] a mural of the Virgin Mary,[7] a painting, and two statues, which have been given the designation of Monument historique
- Chapel of Notre-Dame-des-Bois from 1828
- War memorial
- Monument to the eight airmen (six Canadians, one English, and one Australian) who died on 23 May 1944, during World War II
- Castle mound of Vaux
- Roman camp
- Château de la Gourdinière
- Château de la Beaussonière
- Hattonnieres Castle
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Moncé-en-Belin - La Croix de Pierre.jpg
A Latin wayside cross in Roussard sandstone.
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Moncé en Belin - Croix de pèlerinage.JPG
A cross from the Santiago de Compostela pilgrimage.
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Moncé-en-Belin - Motte castrale de Vaux.JPG
The castle mound in the hamlet of Vaux.
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Moncé-en-Belin - Chapelle Notre-Dame-des-Bois (5).JPG
The Notre-Dame-des-Bois chapel.
See also
References
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- ↑ Autel, tabernacle, retable, tableau : La Déposition de croix, 2 statues : Saint Etienne, Saint Jean-Baptiste
- ↑ Peinture monumentale : La Dormition de la Vierge
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