Ballon-Saint Mars
| Ballon-Saint Mars | |
|---|---|
| Commune | |
| The Château de Ballon | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Pays de la Loire |
| Department | Sarthe |
| Arrondissement | Le Mans |
| Canton | Bonnétable |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2020–2026) | Maurice Vavasseur[1] |
| Area1 | 31.61 km2 (12.20 sq mi) |
| Population (Jan. 2018)2 | Lua error in Module:Wd at line 405: invalid escape sequence near '"^'. |
| INSEE/Postal code | 72023 / 72290 |
| 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. | |
Ballon-Saint Mars (French pronunciation: [balɔ̃ sɛ̃ maʁ]) is a commune in the department of Sarthe, western France. The municipality was established on 1 January 2016 by merger of the former communes of Ballon and Saint-Mars-sous-Ballon.[2]
History
The creation of the new commune of «Ballon-Saint Mars» was decided by a vote of the municipal councils of the communes of Ballon and Saint-Mars-sous-Ballon on 25 June 2015, after several months of negotiations.[3]
Population
| Historical population | ||
|---|---|---|
| Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
| 1968 | 1,903 | — |
| 1975 | 1,911 | +0.06% |
| 1982 | 1,865 | −0.35% |
| 1990 | 1,817 | −0.33% |
| 1999 | 2,004 | +1.09% |
| 2007 | 2,127 | +0.75% |
| 2012 | 2,163 | +0.34% |
| 2017 | 2,230 | +0.61% |
| Source: INSEE[4] | ||
Notable people
- Wynebald de Ballon, Anglo-Norman magnate
- Hamelin de Ballon, Anglo-Norman magnate
See also
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