Arrondissement of Le Mans


The arrondissement of Le Mans is an arrondissement of France in the Sarthe department in the Pays de la Loire region. It has 45 communes. Its population is 262,997, and its area is.

Composition

The communes of the arrondissement of Le Mans, and their INSEE codes, are:
  1. Aigné
  2. Allonnes
  3. Arnage
  4. Ballon-Saint-Mars
  5. La Bazoge
  6. Brette-les-Pins
  7. Challes
  8. Champagné
  9. Changé
  10. La Chapelle-Saint-Aubin
  11. Chaufour-Notre-Dame
  12. Coulaines
  13. Courcebœufs
  14. Écommoy
  15. Fay
  16. La Guierche
  17. Joué-l'Abbé
  18. Laigné-en-Belin
  19. Le Mans
  20. Marigné-Laillé
  21. La Milesse
  22. Moncé-en-Belin
  23. Montbizot
  24. Mulsanne
  25. Neuville-sur-Sarthe
  26. Parigné-l'Évêque
  27. Pruillé-le-Chétif
  28. Rouillon
  29. Ruaudin
  30. Saint-Biez-en-Belin
  31. Saint-Georges-du-Bois
  32. Saint-Gervais-en-Belin
  33. Sainte-Jamme-sur-Sarthe
  34. Saint-Jean-d'Assé
  35. Saint-Mars-d'Outillé
  36. Saint-Ouen-en-Belin
  37. Saint-Pavace
  38. Saint-Saturnin
  39. Sargé-lès-le-Mans
  40. Souillé
  41. Souligné-sous-Ballon
  42. Teillé
  43. Teloché
  44. Trangé
  45. Yvré-l'Évêque

    History

The arrondissement of Le Mans was created in 1800. In February 2006 it lost the five cantons of La Chartre-sur-le-Loir, Château-du-Loir, Le Grand-Lucé, Loué and La Suze-sur-Sarthe to the arrondissement of La Flèche, and the six cantons of Bouloire, Conlie, Montfort-le-Gesnois, Saint-Calais, Sillé-le-Guillaume and Vibraye to the arrondissement of Mamers. In August 2012 it gained the commune Champagné from the arrondissement of Mamers, and it lost the communes Beaufay, Courcemont and Savigné-l'Évêque to the arrondissement of Mamers.
As a result of the reorganisation of the cantons of France which came into effect in 2015, the borders of the cantons are no longer related to the borders of the arrondissements. The cantons of the arrondissement of Le Mans were, as of January 2015:
  1. Allonnes
  2. Ballon
  3. Écommoy
  4. Le Mans-Centre
  5. Le Mans-Est-Campagne
  6. Le Mans-Nord-Campagne
  7. Le Mans-Nord-Ouest
  8. Le Mans-Nord-Ville
  9. Le Mans-Ouest
  10. Le Mans-Sud-Est
  11. Le Mans-Sud-Ouest
  12. Le Mans-Ville-Est