Sainte-Jamme-sur-Sarthe

Commune in Pays de la Loire, France

Location of Sainte-Jamme-sur-Sarthe

(2020–2026) Jean-Luc Suhard^[1]Area

8.43 km² (3.25 sq mi)Population

(2021)^[2]

1,987 • Density240/km² (610/sq mi)Demonym(s)Saint-Jammois, Saint-JammoiseTime zoneUTC+01:00 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)INSEE/Postal code

72289 /72380

Elevation49–101 m (161–331 ft)¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Sainte-Jamme-sur-Sarthe (French pronunciation: [sɛ̃t ʒam syʁ saʁt], literally Sainte-Jamme on Sarthe) is a commune in the Sarthe department in the region of Pays de la Loire in north-western France.

The area was host to a knighting tournament attended by William Marshal, 1st Earl Pembroke, in 1166.^[3]

Population

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1968	1,792	—
1975	1,769	−0.18%
1982	1,700	−0.57%
1990	1,640	−0.45%
1999	1,669	+0.19%
2007	2,019	+2.41%
2012	2,095	+0.74%
2017	2,051	−0.42%
Source: INSEE^[4]

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.
^ Asbridge, Thomas (2015). The Greatest Knight: The Remarkable Life of William Marshal, the Power Behind Five English Thrones. United Kingdom: Simon & Schuster UK. p. 68. ISBN 1847396410.
^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE