Mulsanne

Mulsanne
Mulsanne
Location within Pays de la Loire region  Mulsanne
Administration
Country	France
Region	Pays de la Loire
Department	Sarthe
Arrondissement	Le Mans
Canton	Écommoy
Intercommunality	Le Mans Métropole Communauté Urbaine
Mayor	Jean-Claude Ferre (2001–2008)
Statistics
Elevation	44–82 m (144–269 ft)
Land area1	15.25 km2 (5.89 sq mi)
Population2	5,213  (1999)
- Density	342 /km2 (890 /sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	7209213/ 72230
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.

Coordinates: 47°54′29″N 0°14′53″E / 47.9080555556°N 0.248055555556°E / 47.9080555556; 0.248055555556

Mulsanne is a commune in the Sarthe department in the region of Pays-de-la-Loire in north-western France.

Motor racing

The Circuit de la Sarthe, which is used in the sports car endurance race 24 Hours of Le Mans, features the long straight Ligne Droite des Hunaudières leading to Mulsanne, making a tight right hand turn before the entrance of the village itself. The famous straightaway is often called the Mulsanne Straight.

The Bentley Mulsanne is named after the turn.

See also

• Communes of the Sarthe department

References

• INSEE

External links

• www.mulsanne.fr (French)