Sablé-sur-Sarthe

Sablé- sur -Sarthe (often only Sablé ) is a French town with 12,324 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2011 ) in the department of Sarthe Pays de la Loire region.

Sablé- sur -Sarthe is located in La Flèche, 60 km from Le Mans, 62 km from Angers and about 250 km south-west of Paris. The city is located at the Sarthe and the river Vaige and erve, which open into the Sarthe in the city of Sablé.

  • 2.1 traffic
  • 2.2 Public Transport 2.2.1 Highway
  • 2.2.2 Regional Transport
  • 2.2.3 Urban Transport
  • 2.2.4 Linking the traffic

Attractions

Castle

The image of the city is dominated by the castle, which is situated on a mountain ridge above the small harbor. The castle was built in the 18th century on the foundations of an older fortification, which was strategically situated on the border of the provinces of Anjou and Maine.

Then owner was Jean -Baptiste Colbert, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the French king Louis XIV. Construction lasted from 1715 to 1728, the interior work could only be completed in 1741.

In 1978 the city acquired the castle and gave it to the state. After extensive renovation is here today a branch of the Bibliothèque Nationale de France housed. Here old books are transferred or restored on microfilm.

Abbey of Solesmes

The Abbaye Saint- Pierre de Solesmes is located two kilometers from Sablé- sur -Sarthe further upstream. It is a stronghold of Gregorian chant in France.

Transport and Infrastructure

Auto transport

There are very good transport links to Paris and to the west of France, the A81 Paris - Le Mans - Rennes and A11 Paris - Le Mans - Angers are easy to reach.

Public transportation

Long-distance traffic

With its railway station, the city has connection to the remote transport route (Nantes) - Angers - Le Mans - (Paris). The majority hold TER trains, but also day some TGVs, for example, enable a direct connection to and from Paris.

Regional Transport

The town is the terminus of two operated by the Department of the regional bus: It is the stretching La Flat - Sablé and Le Mans - Sablé. Other lines create connections in the department of Mayenne.

City ​​traffic

In city traffic, two bus lines are operated, but the ride on the same route: ie Outward journey as Line 1, Line 2 Hourly return as two rides are usually carried out, but no real -time clock exists.

Link traffic flows

The train station of Sablé is transformed into a so-called PEM ( = Pôle d' échanges multimodal ). Private transport and public transport are linked: the underpass that leads from the south of the tracks railway station building to the tracks, receive access from the north. There is a bus station with 10 platforms for regional, school and city buses and a car park created just under 200 seats for train and bus passengers and two lockable bicycle sheds. Completion is scheduled for 2015.

Personalities

  • Edmond Chérouvrier (* 1831 in Sablé- sur- Sarthe, date of death unknown ), Composer
  • Charles Cros (1842-1888), during a stay at Castle Sablé the poet and inventor working on a method of color photography
  • Raphaël Elize, (* 1891 in Martinique, † 1945 in the Buchenwald concentration camp ), veterinarian and politician who was elected in 1929 as the first color to the mayor of a city in France. From 1940, member of the French resistance movement against the German occupation.
  • François Fillon, French politician (UMP ) and from 17 May 2007 to May 15, 2012 Prime Minister of France

Cultural events

It takes place every year since 1979 during the summer. Within four days there are in each case more than a dozen concerts. In workshops coming artists rehearse in the areas of early music and old dances with the best specialists in their field.

These events specifically for children and with the participation of children takes place every year in the park of the castle.

Economy

In the 19th century up to 1500 people were employed in the marble quarries and the anthracite mines in the immediate area Sablés.

Today there are around 11,500 jobs in the area Sablé. The main activities are the processing of agricultural products, metals, plastics and electronics.

Twinning

Biickeburg Germany in Lower Saxony.

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