Ruillé-sur-Loir

Ruillé-sur-Loir
Ruillé-sur-Loir

Coordinates: 47°45′13″N 0°37′13″E / 47.7536°N 0.6203°E / 47.7536; 0.6203Coordinates: 47°45′13″N 0°37′13″E / 47.7536°N 0.6203°E / 47.7536; 0.6203
Country France
Region Pays de la Loire
Department Sarthe
Arrondissement La Flèche
Canton La Chartre-sur-le-Loir
Intercommunality Communauté de communes du Val du Loir
Government
  Mayor (20082014) Gérard Marsollier
Area1 39.48 km2 (15.24 sq mi)
Population (2006 [1])2 1,214
  Density 31/km2 (80/sq mi)
Time zone CET (UTC+1)
  Summer (DST) CEST (UTC+2)
INSEE/Postal code 72262 / 72340

1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

2 Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.

Ruillé-sur-Loir is a commune in the Sarthe department in the Pays de la Loire region in north-western France.

The village has a medieval and Renaissance parish church but is dominated by the school and the mother house of the order of Sisters of Providence (which enjoys links with England, the Netherlands and Madagascar). The tall spire of the conventual church is visible at a distance.

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