What is Sarthe?
{{otheruses}} [[Image:Sarthe-Position.svg|thumb|Sarthe department]] [[Image:Drapeau fr département Sarthe.svg|right|250px]] [[Image:Blason département fr Sarthe.svg|right|200px]] '''Sarthe''' is a [[departments of France|department]] found in the west of [[France]] in the [[Pays de la Loire]] region. Its [[prefecture]] is [[Le Mans]] and its population is about 543,000 ([[2006]] estimation). It is one of the 83 first French departments made during the [[French revolution]]. {{Departments of France}} {{France-geo-stub}} [[Category:Sarthe| ]]