Parcé-sur-Sarthe explained
| Parcé-sur-Sarthe |
| Commune Status: | Commune |
| Image Coat Of Arms: | Blason de la ville de Parcé-sur-Sarthe (Sarthe).svg |
| Arrondissement: | La Flèche |
| Canton: | Sablé-sur-Sarthe |
| Insee: | 72228 |
| Postal Code: | 72300 |
| Mayor: | Michel Gendry[1] |
| Term: | 2020 - 2026 |
| Intercommunality: | Sablé-sur-Sarthe |
| Coordinates: | 47.8422°N -0.1997°W |
| Elevation Min M: | 26 |
| Elevation Max M: | 57 |
| Area Km2: | 38.99 |
| Demonym: | Parcéen, Parcéenne |
Parcé-sur-Sarthe (in French pronounced as /paʁse syʁ saʁt/, literally Parcé on Sarthe) is a commune in the Sarthe department in the region of Pays de la Loire in north-western France.
Personalities linked to the commune
- François Villon (1431-1463), poet, briefly imprisoned there as testified by a plaque.
- Claude Chappe (1763-1805), inventor of the semaphore telegraph. He made his first attempts passing messages between Brûlon and Parcé.
- Joseph-René Verdier (born 1819 in Parcé-sur-Sarthe - 1904), watercolourist and student of Auguste and Rosa Bonheur. His works include Étang au crépuscule, Petite Fille jouant avec un chien et Un Matin dans la lande (Musée du Mans).
- Marcel Pagnol (1895-1974), novelist, playwright and filmmaker, bought the Ignière mill in 1930, where he stayed, and which he sold twenty years later. Le Gendre de Monsieur Poirier was partly filmed in the region.
- François Dufeu (born in 1943 in Parcé), writer.
See also
Notes and References
- Web site: Répertoire national des élus: les maires. data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 2 December 2020. fr.
