🇫🇷 Le Mans is a city in north-western France on the Sarthe River. Traditionally the capital of the province of Maine, it is now the capital of the Sarthe department and the seat of the Roman Catholic diocese of Le Mans. Le Mans is a part of the Pays de la Loire region.
Industrialization took place in the 19th century which saw the development of railway and motor vehicle production as well as textiles and tobacco manufacture.
Wilbur Wright began official public demonstrations of the airplane he had developed with his younger brother Orville on 8 August 1908, at the Hunaudières horse racing track near Le Mans.
Since 1923, the city has hosted the internationally famous 24 Hours of Le Mans endurance sports car race.
1Transportation The Gare du Mans is the main railway station of Le Mans. It takes 1 hour to reach Paris from Le Mans by TGV high speed train. There are also TGV connections to Lille, Marseille, Nantes, Rennes and Brest. Gare du Mans is also a hub for regional trains. Le Mans inaugurated a new light rail system on 17 November 2007.
1Tourist Industry • Le Mans has a well-preserved old town (Cité Plantagenêt, also called Vieux Mans) and the Cathédrale St-Julien, dedicated to St Julian of Le Mans, who is honoured as the city's first bishop. • Remnants of a Roman wall are visible in the old town and Roman baths are located by the river. These walls are highlighted every summer (July and August) evening in a light show that tells the history of the town. • Arboretum de la Grand Prée • Notre-Dame de la Couture, medieval church • Notre Dame de Sainte Croix, neogothic church • Part of the former Cistercian abbey de l'Epau, founded by Queen Berengaria and currently maintained in extensive grounds by the Département de la Sarthe. • Jardin des Plantes du Mans • Musée de la reine Bérengère, a museum of Le Mans history located in a gothic manor house. • Musée de Tessé, the fine arts museum of the city, displaying painting (including artworks by Philippe de Champaigne, Charles Le Brun, François Boucher, John Constable, Ingres, Théodore Géricault and Camille Corot) and archaeological collections as well as decorative arts.
1Le Mans has a population of over 143,599 people. Le Mans also forms the centre of the wider Le Mans metropolitan area which has a population of over 344,893 people.
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Twin Towns, Sister Cities Le Mans has links with:
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🇺🇦 Shakhtarsk 48.033
🇩🇪 Landsberg am Lech 48.033
🇩🇪 Mindelheim 48.037
🇺🇸 Marysville 48.05
🇦🇹 Vöcklabruck 48.006
🇦🇹 Baden bei Wien 48
🇩🇪 Freiburg im Breisgau 47.999
🇸🇰 Nové Zámky 47.986
🏴 Hornchurch 0.213
🏴 Royal Tunbridge Wells 0.238
🏴 Saffron Walden 0.243
🏴 Tunbridge Wells 0.264
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🇫🇷 Saumur -0.07,47.269 d: 84.5
🇫🇷 Chinon 0.238,47.166 d: 93.6
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