Bonnétable

Commune in Pays de la Loire, France

Bonnétable (French pronunciation: [bɔnetabl]) is a commune in the Sarthe department in the region of Pays de la Loire, northwestern France. In February 1965, it absorbed the former commune Aulaines.[2]

Bonnétable
Château de Bonnétable
Coat of arms of Bonnétable
Bonnétable is located in France
Bonnétable
Bonnétable
Bonnétable is located in Pays de la Loire
Bonnétable
Bonnétable
Coordinates: 48°11′00″N 0°26′00″E / 48.1833°N 0.4333°E / 48.1833; 0.4333
CountryFrance
RegionPays de la Loire
DepartmentSarthe
ArrondissementMamers
CantonBonnétable
IntercommunalityMaine Saosnois
Government
 • Mayor (2020–2026) Frédéric Barré[1]
Area
1
40.08 km2 (15.47 sq mi)
Demonym(s)Bonnétablien, Bonnétablienne
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code
72039 /72110
Elevation77–167 m (253–548 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Bonnétable is twinned with Horncastle in rural Lincolnshire. The towns' relationship is commemorated by a Rue Horncastle in Bonnétable, and a Bonnetable (sic; no acute accent on the e) Road in Horncastle.

Population

Historical population
YearPop.±% p.a.
1968 3,505—    
1975 3,833+1.29%
1982 3,826−0.03%
1990 3,899+0.24%
1999 4,018+0.33%
2007 4,143+0.38%
2012 3,950−0.95%
2017 3,856−0.48%
Source: INSEE[3]

See also

References

  1. ^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in français). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 13 September 2022.
  2. ^ Modifications aux circonscriptions territoriales de communes, Journal officiel de la République française n° 0044, 21 February 1965, pp. 1483-1485.
  3. ^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE