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Commune in Pays de la Loire, France
Montreuil-le-Henri
Commune
The church of Sainte-Anne, in Montreuil-le-HenriThe church of Sainte-Anne, in Montreuil-le-Henri
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Location of Montreuil-le-Henri
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Coordinates: 47°51′57″N 0°33′49″E / 47.8658°N 0.5636°E / 47.8658; 0.5636
CountryFrance
RegionPays de la Loire
DepartmentSarthe
ArrondissementLa Flèche
CantonMontval-sur-Loir
IntercommunalityLoir-Lucé-Bercé
Government
 • Mayor (2020–2026) Alain Chevallier
Area14.39 km (5.56 sq mi)
Population299
 • Density21/km (54/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code72210 /72150
French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Montreuil-le-Henri (French pronunciation: [mɔ̃tʁœj lə ɑ̃ʁi]) is a commune in the Sarthe department in the region of Pays de la Loire in north-western France. It is located 35 kilometres (22 mi) south east of Mans, in the canton of Montval-sur-Loir.

Historically, it was part of the province of Maine, in the area of Haut-Maine. It had 304 inhabitants in 2019. The parish church is dedicated to Saint Anne. The Château de Montreuil-le-Henri is a Gothic building in the centre of the village, dating back to the 11th century.

Climate

In 2010, the village's climate was oceanic, as a study from the CNRS based on data covering the 1971-2000 periode. In 2020, Météo-France published a typologie of the climates of the continental France in which the commune is exposed to a altered oceanic climate and is in the climatic region of Middle Loire valley, characterised by a good sun exposition (1850 h/year) and a summer with few of rain.

Toponymie

Rumors has it that the village is named this way because king Henry IV of France stayed the night.

Linked Personalities

Phạm Duy Khiêm (1908-1974), Vietnamese writer and ambassador of the Republique of Viêt Nam in France, living in the village where he committed suicide.

See also

References

  1. "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 13 September 2022.
  2. "Populations légales 2021" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
Sarthe Communes of the Sarthe department


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