Aubigné-Racan | |
Commune Status: | Commune |
Image Coat Of Arms: | Blason Aubigne-Racan.svg |
Arrondissement: | La Flèche |
Canton: | Le Lude |
Insee: | 72013 |
Postal Code: | 72800 |
Mayor: | Nicolas Mourier[1] |
Term: | 2020 - 2026 |
Intercommunality: | CC Sud Sarthe |
Coordinates: | 47.6914°N 0.2686°W |
Elevation M: | 31 |
Elevation Min M: | 37 |
Elevation Max M: | 118 |
Area Km2: | 32.03 |
Aubigné-Racan (in French pronounced as /obiɲe ʁakɑ̃/) is a commune in the Sarthe department in the region of Pays de la Loire in north-western France.
In the surrounding countryside, one can find prehistoric standing stones, or dolmens ("dolmen de la Pierre" and "dolmen du Colombier").
Aubigné-Racan is also the site of the archeological excavation of Cherré, a Gallo-Roman complex of 20 hectares from the 1st to the 3rd centuries. The site was likely a rural centre of commercial and religious activity before the Roman conquest. Excavations in 1977 by C. Lambert and J. Rioufreyt discovered an ancient theatre, two temples, Roman thermae, a forum and an aqueduct.
The town has a Romanesque church from the 11th century.
Aubigné-Racan is the birthplace of the 17th century poet and dramatist Honorat de Bueil, seigneur de Racan. His birthplace, the Manoir de Champmarin, is still standing.