Parcé-sur-Sarthe

Parcé-sur-Sarthe is a commune in the Sarthe department in the region of Pays de la Loire in north-western France.

Parcé-sur-Sarthe
Commune
The centre of Parcé-sur-Sarthe
Coat of arms
Location of Parcé-sur-Sarthe
Parcé-sur-Sarthe
Parcé-sur-Sarthe
Coordinates: 47°50′32″N 0°11′59″W
CountryFrance
RegionPays de la Loire
DepartmentSarthe
ArrondissementLa Flèche
CantonSablé-sur-Sarthe
IntercommunalityCommunauté de communes de Sablé-sur-Sarthe
Government
 • Mayor (2014–2020) Michel Gendry
Area
1
38.99 km2 (15.05 sq mi)
Population
 (2017-01-01)[1]
2,100
 • Density54/km2 (140/sq mi)
Demonym(s)Parcéen, Parcéenne
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code
72228 /72300
Elevation26–57 m (85–187 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Personalities linked to the commune
  • François Villon (1431-1463), poet, briefly imprisoned there as testified by a plaque.
  • Claude Chappe (1763-1805), inventor of the semaphore telegraph. He made his first attempts passing messages between Brûlon and Parcé.
  • Joseph-René Verdier (born 1819 in Parcé-sur-Sarthe - 1904), watercolourist and student of Auguste and Rosa Bonheur. His works include Étang au crépuscule, Petite Fille jouant avec un chien et Un Matin dans la lande (Musée du Mans).
  • Marcel Pagnol (1895-1974), novelist, playwright and filmmaker, bought the Ignière mill in 1930, where he stayed, and which he sold twenty years later. Le Gendre de Monsieur Poirier was partly filmed in the region.
  • François Dufeu (born in 1943 in Parcé), writer.

See also

References
  1. "Populations légales 2017". INSEE. Retrieved 6 January 2020.


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