Sillé-le-Guillaume
Sillé-le-Guillaume | |
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The château and the church of Notre-Dame | |
Location of Sillé-le-Guillaume | |
| Coordinates: 48°11′03″N 0°07′41″W / 48.1842°N 0.1281°W | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Pays de la Loire |
| Department | Sarthe |
| Arrondissement | Mamers |
| Canton | Sillé-le-Guillaume |
| Intercommunality | Champagne Conlinoise et Pays de Sillé |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2020–2026) | Gérard Galpin |
Area 1 | 12.90 km2 (4.98 sq mi) |
| Population (2022) | 2,192 |
| • Density | 170/km2 (440/sq mi) |
| Demonym | Silléens |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 72334 /72140 |
| Elevation | 115–260 m (377–853 ft) |
| Website | www.sille-le-guillaume.fr |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
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Sillé-le-Guillaume (French pronunciation: [sije lə ɡijom]) is a commune in the Sarthe department in the region of Pays de la Loire in north-western France, named after Guillaume de Sillé.
In the fifteenth century the lord of the manor was Sir John Fastolf of Caister in Norfolk (1380–1459), following the English conquest of Normandy and Maine.