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Montreuil-le-Henri

Coordinates: 47°51′57″N 0°33′49″E / 47.8658°N 0.5636°E / 47.8658; 0.5636
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Montreuil-le-Henri
The church of Sainte-Anne, in Montreuil-le-Henri
The church of Sainte-Anne, in Montreuil-le-Henri
Coat of arms of Montreuil-le-Henri
Location of Montreuil-le-Henri
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Montreuil-le-Henri is located in France
Montreuil-le-Henri
Montreuil-le-Henri
Montreuil-le-Henri is located in Pays de la Loire
Montreuil-le-Henri
Montreuil-le-Henri
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[1]
Area
1
14.39 km2 (5.56 sq mi)
Population
 (2021)[2]
299
 • Density21/km2 (54/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+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 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

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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, caracterised by a good sun exposition (1850 h/year) and a summer with few of rain.

Toponymie

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

Linked Personalities

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

See also

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References

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  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.