Beaumont-sur-Sarthe | |
Commune Status: | Commune |
Image Coat Of Arms: | Blason ville fr Beaumont-sur-Sarthe (Sarthe).svg |
Arrondissement: | Mamers |
Canton: | Sillé-le-Guillaume |
Intercommunality: | CC Haute Sarthe Alpes Mancelles |
Postal Code: | 72170 |
Insee: | 72029 |
Mayor: | Lea Duval[1] |
Term: | 2020 - 2026 |
Coordinates: | 48.2269°N 0.1314°W |
Area Km2: | 6.64 |
Beaumont-sur-Sarthe (in French pronounced as /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.
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.
Beaumont-sur-Sarthe is twinned with the town of Burgh le Marsh in Lincolnshire, England.