Ballon, Sarthe

Ballon
Ballon
Location within Pays de la Loire region  Ballon
Coordinates: 48°10′36″N 0°14′09″E / 48.1767°N 0.2358°ECoordinates: 48°10′36″N 0°14′09″E / 48.1767°N 0.2358°E
Country	France
Region	Pays de la Loire
Department	Sarthe
Arrondissement	Le Mans
Canton	Bonnétable
Intercommunality	Communauté de communes des Portes du Maine
Government
• Mayor (2008–2014)	Maurice Vavasseur
Area^1	13.41 km^2 (5.18 sq mi)
Population (2006 [1])^2	1,307
• Density	97/km^2 (250/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	72023 / 72290
Elevation	53–106 m (174–348 ft)
^1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. ^2 Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.

Ballon is a former commune in the Sarthe department in the region of Pays de la Loire in north-western France. On 1 January 2016, it was merged into the new commune of Ballon-Saint-Mars.^[2]

See also

• Communes of the Sarthe department

References

• INSEE

1. http://www.insee.fr/fr/ppp/bases-de-donnees/recensement/populations-legales/departement.asp?dep=72#dep_B Populations légales 2006 publiées par l’INSEE le 1er janvier 2009
2. Arrêté préfectoral 7 August 2015