Sablé-sur-Sarthe

Sablé-sur-Sarthe
The town hall of Sablé in Raphaël Élizé square.
Location of Sablé-sur-Sarthe
Sablé-sur-Sarthe
Sablé-sur-Sarthe
Coordinates: 47°51′02″N 0°19′45″W / 47.8505°N 0.3292°W / 47.8505; -0.3292
CountryFrance
RegionPays de la Loire
DepartmentSarthe
ArrondissementLa Flèche
CantonSablé-sur-Sarthe
IntercommunalityCC Pays Sabolien
Government
  Mayor (20202026) Nicolas Leudière
Area
1
36.92 km2 (14.25 sq mi)
Population
 (2022)
12,194
  Density330/km2 (860/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
  Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code
72264 /72300
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Sablé-sur-Sarthe (French pronunciation: [sable syʁ saʁt], literally Sablé on Sarthe), commonly referred to as Sablé, is a commune in the Sarthe department, in the Pays de la Loire region, western France. It is about 40 km southwest of Le Mans and about 50 km northeast of Angers.