Pontvallain
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Place details
- Locality
- Pontvallain
- Region
- Pays de la Loire
- Country
- France
- Population
- 1,350
- Timezone
- Europe/Paris
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Key facts
- French commune.name
- Pontvallain
- French commune.commune status
- Commune
- French commune.image
- Pontvallain - Mairie (2011).jpg
- French commune.caption
- The town hall and church of Saint-Pierre and Saint-Paul
- French commune.image coat of arms
- Blason ville fr Pontvallain (Sarthe).svg
- French commune.arrondissement
- La Flèche
- French commune.canton
- Le Lude
- French commune.INSEE
- 72243
- French commune.postal code
- 72510
- French commune.mayor
- Xavier Gayat
- French commune.term
- 2020–2026
- French commune.intercommunality
- Sud Sarthe
- French commune.elevation min m
- 42
- French commune.elevation max m
- 111
- French commune.area km2
- 34.88
- French commune.demonym
- Vallipontain, Vallipontaine
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Pontvallain () is a commune in the Sarthe department in the region of Pays de la Loire in north-western France.
It was the site, on 4 December 1370, of the Battle of Pontvallain, a significant military engagement between England and France (who had the victory) during the Hundred Years' War.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Pontvallain” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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