La Bazoge, Sarthe

La Bazoge
Commune
From the lake
Location of La Bazoge
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Coordinates: 48°05′58″N 0°09′22″E
Country	France
Region	Pays de la Loire
Department	Sarthe
Arrondissement	Le Mans
Canton	Bonnétable
Intercommunality	Maine Cœur de Sarthe
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Michel Lalande[1]
Area ^1	22.87 km^2 (8.83 sq mi)
Population  (2021)[2]	3,699
• Density	160/km^2 (420/sq mi)
Demonym(s)	Bazogien, Bazogienne
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	72024 /72650
Elevation	49–148 m (161–486 ft)
Website	www.labazoge72.fr
^1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km^2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

La Bazoge (French pronunciation: [la bazɔʒ]) is a commune in the Sarthe department in the region of Pays de la Loire in north-western France. It is twinned with the village of Bardney in Lincolnshire and Martfeld (Deutschland).

Population

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1968	1,319	—
1975	1,795	+4.50%
1982	2,366	+4.02%
1990	2,745	+1.87%
1999	2,860	+0.46%
2007	3,570	+2.81%
2012	3,653	+0.46%
2017	3,641	−0.07%
Source: INSEE[3]

See also

• Communes of the Sarthe department

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