Sainte-Jamme-sur-Sarthe

Sainte-Jamme-sur-Sarthe
Commune
The church of Sainte-Jamme-sur-Sarthe
Location of Sainte-Jamme-sur-Sarthe
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Coordinates: 48°08′37″N 0°10′10″E
Country	France
Region	Pays de la Loire
Department	Sarthe
Arrondissement	Le Mans
Canton	Bonnétable
Intercommunality	Maine Cœur de Sarthe
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Jean-Luc Suhard[1]
Area ^1	8.43 km^2 (3.25 sq mi)
Population  (2021)[2]	1,987
• Density	240/km^2 (610/sq mi)
Demonym(s)	Saint-Jammois, Saint-Jammoise
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	72289 /72380
Elevation	49–101 m (161–331 ft)
^1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km^2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Sainte-Jamme-sur-Sarthe (French pronunciation: [sɛ̃t ʒam syʁ saʁt], literally Sainte-Jamme on Sarthe) is a commune in the Sarthe department in the region of Pays de la Loire in north-western France.

The area was host to a knighting tournament attended by William Marshal, 1st Earl Pembroke, in 1166.[3]

Population

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1968	1,792	—
1975	1,769	−0.18%
1982	1,700	−0.57%
1990	1,640	−0.45%
1999	1,669	+0.19%
2007	2,019	+2.41%
2012	2,095	+0.74%
2017	2,051	−0.42%
Source: INSEE[4]

See also

• Communes of the Sarthe department

References

1. "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 2 December 2020.
2. "Populations légales 2021" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
3. Asbridge, Thomas (2015). The Greatest Knight: The Remarkable Life of William Marshal, the Power Behind Five English Thrones. United Kingdom: Simon & Schuster UK. p. 68. ISBN 1847396410.
4. Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE