La Chartre-sur-le-Loir

La Chartre-sur-le-Loir

View of the village
La Chartre-sur-le-Loir

Coordinates: 47°43′47″N 0°34′26″E / 47.7297°N 0.5739°E / 47.7297; 0.5739Coordinates: 47°43′47″N 0°34′26″E / 47.7297°N 0.5739°E / 47.7297; 0.5739
Country France
Region Pays de la Loire
Department Sarthe
Arrondissement La Flèche
Canton La Chartre-sur-le-Loir (chef-lieu)
Intercommunality Communauté de communes du Val du Loir
Government
  Mayor (20082014) Monsieur Jean-Luc Combot
Area1 8.30 km2 (3.20 sq mi)
Population (2006 [1])2 1,497
  Density 180/km2 (470/sq mi)
Time zone CET (UTC+1)
  Summer (DST) CEST (UTC+2)
INSEE/Postal code 72068 / 72340
Elevation 51–132 m (167–433 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.

La Chartre-sur-le-Loir is a commune in the Sarthe department in the Pays de la Loire region in north-western France.

The surviving church dedicated to St. Vincent was designed by the architect Delarue c. 1830. It possesses interesting mid-nineteenth century stained glass depicting the saint and other personages.

Before the early nineteenth century there were also churches dedicated to St. Mary Magdalen and to St. Nicholas, and in close proximity a priory.

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