Ballon-Saint Mars | |
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Coordinates: 48°10′34″N 0°14′02″E / 48.176°N 0.234°E | |
Country | France |
Region | Pays de la Loire |
Department | Sarthe |
Arrondissement | Le Mans |
Canton | Bonnétable |
Government | |
• Mayor (2020–2026) | Maurice Vavasseur[1] |
Area 1 | 31.61 km2 (12.20 sq mi) |
Population (2021)[2] | 2,266 |
• Density | 72/km2 (190/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
INSEE/Postal code | 72023 /72290 |
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. |
Ballon-Saint Mars (French pronunciation: [balɔ̃ sɛ̃ maʁ]) is a commune in the department of Sarthe, western France. The municipality was established on 1 January 2016 by merger of the former communes of Ballon and Saint-Mars-sous-Ballon.[3]
The creation of the new commune of «Ballon-Saint Mars» was decided by a vote of the municipal councils of the communes of Ballon and Saint-Mars-sous-Ballon on 25 June 2015, after several months of negotiations.[4]
Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
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1968 | 1,903 | — |
1975 | 1,911 | +0.06% |
1982 | 1,865 | −0.35% |
1990 | 1,817 | −0.33% |
1999 | 2,004 | +1.09% |
2007 | 2,127 | +0.75% |
2012 | 2,163 | +0.34% |
2017 | 2,230 | +0.61% |
Source: INSEE[5] |