Le Mans
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Tap row: left, Le Mans 24-hr automobile race in Juin; richt, Le Mans Justice Depairtment Office; Middle row: View o Sarthe River an historic aurie, includin the Palais o Comtes du Maine; Bottom row: left, Le Mans Tramway in Gambetta Street; center, Facade biggit in Le Mans Commerce Center; richt, Saunt Julien Cathedral
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 Le Mans Ville
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Location athin Pays de la Loire region
Le Mans Ville
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| Coordinates: 48°00′28″N 0°11′54″E / 48.0077°N 0.1984°ECoordinates: 48°00′28″N 0°11′54″E / 48.0077°N 0.1984°E | ||
| Kintra | Fraunce | |
| Region | Pays de la Loire | |
| Depairtment | Sarthe | |
| Arrondissement | Le Mansbourg | |
| Intercommunality | Le Mans | |
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| • Mayor (2001–2008) | Jean-Claude Boulard | |
| Aurie | ||
| • Land1 | 52.81 km2 (20.39 sq mi) | |
| Population (2006)2 | 148,169 | |
| INSEE/Postal code | 72181 / 72000 | |
| Diallin codes | (0)243 | |
| Elevation | 38–134 m (125–440 ft) (avg. 51 m or 167 ft) |
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1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. 2 Population withoot dooble coontin: residents o multiple communes (e.g., students an militar personnel) anly coonted ance. |
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Le Mans (pronounced: [lə mɑ̃]) is a ceety in Fraunce, locatit on the Sarthe River.
Internaitional relations[eedit | eedit soorce]
Twin touns – sister ceeties[eedit | eedit soorce]
Le Mans is twinned wi:
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References[eedit | eedit soorce]
- ↑ "British towns twinned with French towns". Archant Community Media Ltd. Retrieved 2013-07-11.
- ↑ Town Twinning, bolton.gov.uk, retrieved 22 Januar 2010
- ↑ officially since 1967, traditionally since 836 (oldest partnership of its kind).
- ↑ Lelièvre, Jean; Balavoine, Maurice (1994). Le Mans-Paderborn, 836-1994: dans l'Europe, une amitié séculaire, un sillage de lumière. Le Mans: M. Balavoine. pp. 1–42. Retrieved 9 August 2013.
- ↑ "The Origins of Town Twinning" (PDF). Inverness: The City of Inverness Town Twinning Committee. 8 December 2008. Retrieved 2009-10-30.
- ↑ "Twinnings" (PDF). Central Union of Municipalities & Communities of Greece. Retrieved 2013-08-25.
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