Beaumont-sur-Sarthe

Commune in Pays de la Loire, France

Coat of arms

Location of Beaumont-sur-Sarthe

(2020–2026) Lea Duval^[1]Area

6.64 km² (2.56 sq mi)Population

(2021)^[2]

1,974 • Density300/km² (770/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)INSEE/Postal code

72029 /72170

¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Beaumont-sur-Sarthe (French pronunciation: [bomɔ̃ syʁ saʁt], literally Beaumont on Sarthe; pre-revolutionary name: Beaumont-le-Vicomte) is a commune in the Sarthe department and Pays de la Loire region of north-western France.

The residents of Beaumont are known in French as les Belmontais.

Geography

As the name indicates, Beaumont lies on the river Sarthe. The town is situated midway between Alençon (23 km) and Le Mans (25 km). Ballon and Fresnay-sur-Sarthe are each 10 km away, Sillé-le-Guillaume is 20 km and Mamers 22 km away.

Twin towns

Beaumont-sur-Sarthe is twinned with the town of Burgh le Marsh in Lincolnshire, England.

References

^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 2 December 2020.
^ "Populations légales 2021". The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.