Montreuil-le-Henri
Montreuil-le-Henri | |
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 The church of Sainte-Anne, in Montreuil-le-Henri | |
.svg) Coat of arms | |
Location of Montreuil-le-Henri  | |
  Montreuil-le-Henri  Montreuil-le-Henri | |
| Coordinates: 47°51′57″N 0°33′49″E / 47.8658°N 0.5636°E | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Pays de la Loire |
| Department | Sarthe |
| Arrondissement | La Flèche |
| Canton | Montval-sur-Loir |
| Intercommunality | Loir-Lucé-Bercé |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2020–2026) | Alain Chevallier[1] |
Area 1 | 14.39 km2 (5.56 sq mi) |
| Population (2021)[2] | 299 |
| • Density | 21/km2 (54/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 72210 /72150 |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (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
[edit]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
[edit]Rumors has it that the village is named this way because king Henry IV of France stayed the night.
Linked Personalities
[edit]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
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 13 September 2022.
- ^ "Populations légales 2021" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
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