Villeneuve-en-Perseigne
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Villeneuve-en-Perseigne | |
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| Coordinates: 48°26′52″N 0°15′12″E / 48.4478°N 0.2533°E | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Pays de la Loire |
| Department | Sarthe |
| Arrondissement | Mamers |
| Canton | Mamers |
| Intercommunality | CU Alençon |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2020–2026) | André Trottet[1] |
Area 1 | 86.70 km2 (33.48 sq mi) |
| Population (2023)[2] | 2,174 |
| • Density | 25.07/km2 (64.94/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 72137 /72600 |
| Elevation | 133–296 m (436–971 ft) |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
Villeneuve-en-Perseigne (French pronunciation: [vilnœv ɑ̃ pɛʁsɛɲ]) is a commune in the Sarthe department in the Pays de la Loire region in north-western France. It was formed on 1 January 2015 by the merger of the former communes La Fresnaye-sur-Chédouet, Chassé, Lignières-la-Carelle, Montigny, Roullée and Saint-Rigomer-des-Bois.[3]
The commune is made up of the following collection of villages and hamlets, Roullée, La Foucherie, Ventes du Four, Montigny, Chassé, Lignières-la-Carelle, Le Goulet and La Fresnaye-sur-Chédouet.[4]
The commune is in the Normandie-Maine Regional Natural Park.[5]
Two rivers , the Sarthe and the la Pervenche flows through the commune.[6][7]
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The commune along with another 32 communes is part of a 3,503 hectare, Natura 2000 conservation area, called the Haute vallée de la Sarthe.[8]
Population
Population data refer to the area corresponding with the commune as of January 2025.
| Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
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| 1968 | 1,760 | — |
| 1975 | 1,671 | −0.74% |
| 1982 | 1,839 | +1.38% |
| 1990 | 1,927 | +0.59% |
| 1999 | 2,090 | +0.91% |
| 2007 | 2,175 | +0.50% |
| 2012 | 2,235 | +0.55% |
| 2017 | 2,196 | −0.35% |
| 2023 | 2,174 | −0.17% |
| Source: INSEE[9] | ||
