Moncé-en-Belin is a commune in the Sarthe department in the region of Pays de la Loire in north-western France, with a municipal population of 3,703 in January 2019, with a further 62 counted separately.[3]

Moncé-en-Belin
Commune
The church of Saint-Étienne, in Moncé-en-Belin
Coat of arms
Location of Moncé-en-Belin
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Coordinates: 47°53′43″N 0°11′56″E
Country	France
Region	Pays de la Loire
Department	Sarthe
Arrondissement	Le Mans
Canton	Écommoy
Intercommunality	CC de l'Orée de Bercé Bélinois
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Irène Boyer[1]
Area 1	17.49 km2 (6.75 sq mi)
Population  (Jan. 2019)[2]	3,703
• Density	210/km2 (550/sq mi)
Demonym(s)	Moncéen, Moncéenne
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	72200 /72230
Elevation	40–81 m (131–266 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

The commune is historically in the Haut-Maine part of the province of Maine.[4]

Toponymy

The suffix Belin expresses the belonging of the commune to the territory of Belinois.

During the French Revolution, the town bore the name of Moncé-lès-Le Mans, in reference to the nearby city of Le Mans.[5]

Geography

Moncé-en-Belin is located 12 km south of Le Mans, 10 km north-west of Écommoy, and about 8 km from the 24 Hours of Le Mans circuit. This city is a part of the community of communes of Orée de Bercé - Belinois [fr], in Sud-Sarthe.

• Latitude: 47° 53' 38.616'' N[6]
• Longitude: 0° 12' 16.992'' E[6]
• Altitude: 58 m

Local culture and heritage

The area around the town has several sites of notable historical value, including the following:

• Church of Saint-Étienne from the 11th century, containing a retable set,[7] a mural of the Virgin Mary,[8] a painting, and two statues, which have been given the designation of Monument historique
• Chapel of Notre-Dame-des-Bois from 1828
• War memorial
• Monument to the eight airmen (six Canadians, one English, and one Australian) who died on 23 May 1944, during World War II
• Castle mound of Vaux
• Roman camp
• Château de la Gourdinière
• Château de la Beaussonière
• Hattonnieres Castle

• 
  A Latin wayside cross in Roussard sandstone.
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  A cross from the Santiago de Compostela pilgrimage.
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  The castle mound in the hamlet of Vaux.
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  The Notre-Dame-des-Bois chapel.

See also

• Communes of the Sarthe department

References

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