La Flèche
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Commune of La Flèche | |
Location | |
Longitude | 00° 04' 29" W |
Latitude | 47° 42' 02" N |
Administration | |
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Country | France |
Region | Pays de la Loire |
Department | Sarthe |
Arrondissement | La Flèche |
Canton | La Flèche |
Intercommunality | Communauté de communes du Pays Fléchois |
Mayor | Guy-Michel Chauveau (2001-2008) |
Statistics | |
Altitude | 23 m–103 m (avg. 33 m) |
Land area¹ | 74.21 km² |
Population² (2004) |
16,900 |
- Density (2004) | 228/km² |
Miscellaneous | |
INSEE/Postal code | 72154/ 72200 |
¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 mi² or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
² Population sans doubles comptes: single count of residents of multiple communes (e.g. students and military personnel). | |
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La Flèche is a commune of the Sarthe département in France, on the banks of the Loir river. Population (1999): 15,241.
The Prytanée National Militaire is located in La Flèche.