What is Le Mans?
{{Infobox French commune |name = Le Mans |image = Le Mans - Cite Plantagenet 01.jpg |caption = Palais of Comtes du Maine, birth place of [[Henry II of England]] |image coat of arms = Blason ville fr Le Mans (Sarthe) (orn ext).svg |arrondissement = Le Mans |INSEE = 72181 |postal code = 72000 |mayor = [[Jean-Claude Boulard]] |term = 2001–2008 |intercommunality = Le Mans |coordinates = {{coord|48.020013|0.198784|format=dms|display=inline,title}} |elevation m = 51 |elevation min m = 38 |elevation max m = 134 |area km2 = 52.81 |population = 148169 |population date = 2006 }} '''Le Mans''' is a [[Communes of France|commune]]. It is found in the [[Pays de la Loire]] [[Regions of France|region]] in the [[Sarthe]] [[Departments of France|department]] in the west of [[France]].<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Butler |first1=R. M. |date=1958 |title=The Roman Walls of le Mans |journal=The Journal of Roman Studies |volume=48 |issue=1/2 |pages=33–39 |doi=10.2307/298210 |jstor=298210 |s2cid=162544388 }}</ref> '''Le Mans''' is a city in [[France]]. It has about 143,000 [[inhabitant]]s. It takes about one hour to go to Paris by [[TGV]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Le Mans {{!}} History, Geography, & Points of Interest |url=https://www.britannica.com/place/Le-Mans |website=[[Encyclopædia Britannica]] |accessdate=18 October 2021 |language=en}}</ref> ==Sport== * Le Mans is the start of the seventh stage of the [[Tour de France|2011 Tour de France]]. * The city is well known for the 24-hour car race of Le Mans. ==Sister cities== Le Mans is twinned with: * {{Flagicon|United Kingdom}} [[Bolton]], England, United Kingdom * {{Flagicon|Western Sahara}} [[Haouza]], Western Sahara * {{Flagicon|Germany}} [[Paderborn]], North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany * {{Flagicon|Russia}} [[Rostov-on-Don]], [[Rostov Oblast]], Russia * {{Flagicon|Japan}} [[Suzuka, Mie|Suzuka]], Japa