title: Chantenay-Villedieu
text: # Chantenay-Villedieu
  
  Chantenay-Villedieu (French pronunciation: ​) is a commune in the Sarthe department in the region of Pays de la Loire in north-western France.
  
  ## Places and monuments
  
  * The priory Saint Jean-Baptiste
  * Lieu: center market town, place of the town hall.
  * Ancient priory founded by the monks of the abbey of the Dressmaking of Mans (fine 11th or the beginning of the 12th century), occupied by Benedictines until 1412.
  