Sarthe

thumb|250px|The Château de Boisclaireau, residence of the Castle of Boisclaireau|Gueroust family, Counts of Boisclaireau, in Sarthe.

annual sports car race held in France

type of shortbread cookie of French origin

thumb|La Velue, cover of a French pamphlet (1889) The Peluda in Spanish, or La Velue ('The Hairy One') originally in French, is a mythical beast that terrorized the environs of the River Huisne, France, during the Middle Ages. It is called "The Shaggy Beast (The Hairy Beast) of La Ferté-Bernard" in English translation.