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Le Mans
	Le Mans
	Palais of Comtes du Maine, birth place of Henry II of England
Administration
Country	France
Region	Pays de la Loire
Department	Sarthe
Arrondissement	Le Mans
Intercommunality	Le Mans
Mayor	Jean-Claude Boulard; (2001–2008)
Statistics
Elevation	38–134 m (125–440 ft); (avg. 51 m/167 ft)
Land area1	52.81 km2 (20.39 sq mi)
Population2	148,169 (2006)
- Density	2,806/km2 (7,270/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	72181/ 72000
	1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.
	2Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.

Le Mans is a commune. It is found in the Pays de la Loire region in the Sarthe department in the west of France.

Le Mans is a city in France. It has about 143,000 inhabitants. It takes about one hour to go to Paris by TGV.

Administration
Le Mans

Palais of Comtes du Maine, birth place of Henry II of England



Country	France
Region	Pays de la Loire
Department	Sarthe
Arrondissement	Le Mans
Intercommunality	Le Mans
Mayor	Jean-Claude Boulard (2001–2008)
Statistics
Elevation	38–134 m (125–440 ft) (avg. 51 m/167 ft)
Land area¹	52.81 km² (20.39 sq mi)
Population²	148,169 (2006)
- Density	2,806/km² (7,270/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	72181/ 72000
¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.
²Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.