Sainte-Osmane
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Sainte-Osmane () is a former commune in the Sarthe department in the region of Pays de la Loire in north-western France. On 1 January 2019, it was merged into the new commune Val-d'Étangson. The 17th-century French Benedictine Ambroise Janvier (1613–1682) was born in the village.
Key facts
- French commune.name
- Sainte-Osmane
- French commune.image
- Sainte-Osmane Eglise 02.JPG
- French commune.caption
- The church of Sainte-Osmane
- French commune.arrondissement
- Mamers
- French commune.canton
- Saint-Calais
- French commune.INSEE
- 72304
- French commune.postal code
- 72120
- French commune.commune
- Val-d'Étangson
- French commune.area km2
- 12
- French commune.population
- 182
- French commune.population date
- 2022
- French commune.demonym
- Osmanien, Osmanienne
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- commune of France
- Official name
- Osmane-la-Fontaine
- Country
- France
- Located in
- arrondissement of Le Mans
- Population
- 177
- Area
- 11.88
- Elevation
- 147
- Shares border with
- Saint-Georges-de-la-Couée
- Image
- Sainte-Osmane Eglise 02.JPG
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- Commons category
- Sainte-Osmane
- postal code
- 72120
- associated electoral district
- canton of Saint-Calais
- replaced by
- Val d'Étangson
- dissolved, abolished or demolished date
- 2018-12-31
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Sainte-Osmane () is a former commune in the Sarthe department in the region of Pays de la Loire in north-western France. On 1 January 2019, it was merged into the new commune Val-d'Étangson. The 17th-century French Benedictine Ambroise Janvier (1613–1682) was born in the village.
The commune is named after Saint Osmanna, who hermitage was said to be there, afterwards the site of a church.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Sainte-Osmane” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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