Sarthe
Sarthe () is a department of the French region of Pays de la Loire, and the province of Maine, situated in the '' Grand-Ouest'' of the country. It is named after the river Sarthe, which flows from east of Le Mans to just north of Angers. It ha ...
region
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of
Pays de la Loire
Pays de la Loire (; but can also mean 'Lower Loire') is one of the eighteen administrative regions of France, located on the country's Atlantic Ocean, Atlantic coast. It was created in the 1950s to serve as a zone of influence for its capital an ...
in north-western France. On 1 January 2019, it was merged into the new commune
Val-d'Étangson
Val-d'Étangson () is a commune in the Sarthe department in the Pays de la Loire region in north-western France. It was established on 1 January 2019 by merger of the former communes of Évaillé (the seat) and Sainte-Osmane.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.