Sillé-le-Guillaume

Sillé-le-Guillaume (French pronunciation: [sije lə ɡijom]) is a commune in the Sarthe department in the region of Pays de la Loire in north-western France, named after Guillaume de Sillé.

Sillé-le-Guillaume
Commune
The château and the church of Notre-Dame
Coat of arms
Location of Sillé-le-Guillaume
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Coordinates: 48°11′03″N 0°07′41″W / 48.1842°N 0.1281°W / 48.1842; -0.1281
Country	France
Region	Pays de la Loire
Department	Sarthe
Arrondissement	Mamers
Canton	Sillé-le-Guillaume
Intercommunality	Champagne Conlinoise et Pays de Sillé
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Gérard Galpin^[1]
Area ^1	12.90 km^2 (4.98 sq mi)
Population  (2021)^[2]	2,195
• Density	170/km^2 (440/sq mi)
Demonym	Silléens
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	72334 /72140
Elevation	115–260 m (377–853 ft)
Website	www.sille-le-guillaume.fr
^1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km^2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

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.

Population

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1968	2,528	—
1975	2,777	+1.35%
1982	2,863	+0.44%
1990	2,583	−1.28%
1999	2,585	+0.01%
2007	2,358	−1.14%
2012	2,375	+0.14%
2017	2,305	−0.60%
Source: INSEE^[3]

See also

• Communes of the Sarthe department
• Parc naturel régional Normandie-Maine

References

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". The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
3. Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE

Bibliography

• Barker, Juliet (2009). Conquest: The English Kingdom of France 1417–1450. London: Little, Brown.
• Cooper, Stephen (2010). The Real Falstaff, Sir John Fastolf and the Hundred Years War. Barnsley: Pen and Sword.

 

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