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Sillé-le-Guillaume

Sillé-le-Guillaume is located in France
Sillé-le-Guillaume
Administration
Country France
Region Pays de la Loire
Department Sarthe
Arrondissement Mamers
Canton Sillé-le-Guillaume (chef-lieu)
Intercommunality Communauté de communes du Pays de Sillé
Mayor Jean-Marie Hoguet
(2008–2014)
Statistics
Elevation 115–260 m (377–850 ft)
Land area1 12.90 km2 (4.98 sq mi)
Population2 2,360  (2006)
 - Density 183 /km2 (470 /sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code 72334/ 72140
Website www.sille-le-guillaume.fr
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.

Coordinates: 48°11′03″N 0°07′41″W / 48.1842°N 0.1281°W / 48.1842; -0.1281

Sillé-le-Guillaume is a commune in the Sarthe department in the region of Pays-de-la-Loire in north-western France, named after Guillaume de Sillé.

In the fifteenth century the lord of the manor was Sir John Fastolf of Caister in Norfolk (1380-1459), following the English conquest of Normandy and Maine.

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References [edit]

  • INSEE
  • Stephen Cooper, The Real Falstaff, Sir John Fastolf and the Hundred Years War, (Pen and Sword, 2010)
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