La Milesse

Commune in Pays de la Loire, France

Location of La Milesse

(2020–2026) Claude Loriot^[1]Area

10.41 km² (4.02 sq mi)Population

(2021)^[2]

2,642 • Density250/km² (660/sq mi)Demonym(s)Milessois, MilessoiseTime zoneUTC+01:00 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)INSEE/Postal code

72198 /72650

Elevation48–129 m (157–423 ft)¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

La Milesse (French pronunciation: [la milɛs]) is a commune in the Sarthe department in the region of Pays de la Loire in north-western France.

Population

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1968	726	—
1975	1,241	+7.96%
1982	1,548	+3.21%
1990	2,117	+3.99%
1999	2,264	+0.75%
2007	2,476	+1.13%
2012	2,359	−0.96%
2017	2,640	+2.28%
Source: INSEE^[3]

References

^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 2 December 2020.
^ "Populations légales 2021". The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE