Le Mans
Del Piero and TV star Dempsey launch team
Jan 22, 2013 13:16 EST
Italian football great Alessandro Del Piero has formed a team with US TV star Patrick Dempsey which will compete in this year's Le Mans 24-hour race, the race organisers l'Automobile Club de l'Ouest (ACO) announced on Tuesday.
Drayson sign up for all-electric Formula E
Jan 09, 2013 13:33 EST
British outfit Drayson Racing Technologies (DRT) on Wednesday announced that they are the first team to have signed up for the new Formula E world championship in 2014.
Grosjean thrills Bangkok with Race of Champions win
Dec 16, 2012 17:12 EST
Formula One star Romain Grosjean claimed the Race of Champions trophy in Bangkok late on Sunday, besting some of the biggest names in motorsport including Sebastian Vettel and Michael Schumacher.
West Ham sign Maiga from Sochaux
Jul 18, 2012 15:07 EDT
English Premier League new boys West Ham announced Wednesday they had signed Mali forward Modibo Maiga from French club Sochaux on a long-term deal.
Audi dominate Le Mans 24-Hour race
Jun 17, 2012 10:23 EDT
The Audi R18 driven by Frenchman Benoit Treluyer, Switzerland's Marcel Fassler and Germany's Andre Lotterer won the 80th Le Mans 24-Hour race here on Sunday.
McNish Le Mans hopes hit by crash
Jun 17, 2012 07:30 EDT
The Le Mans 24-Hour Race was interrupted around 1000 GMT Sunday when two of the leading Audis were involved in a crash, forcing the safety car onto the circuit.
Rain awaits Stoner on his Silverstone swansong
Jun 17, 2012 01:24 EDT
Defending world champion Casey Stoner is aiming to reel in championship leader Jorge Lorenzo by landing back-to-back wins at the British Grand Prix on Sunday.
Audi on top, Toyota suffer on Le Mans return
Jun 16, 2012 17:43 EDT
British driver Anthony Davidson survived a spectacular crash at the Le Mans 24 Hour Race on Saturday when his Toyota collided with a Ferrari, the clash sending his car airborne and out of the event.
Davidson's Toyota in spectacular Le Mans crash
Jun 16, 2012 15:27 EDT
British driver Anthony Davidson survived a spectacular crash at the Le Mans 24 Hour Race on Saturday when his Toyota collided with a Ferrari, the clash sending his car airborne and out of the event.
Le Mans 24-Hour Race off to smooth start
Jun 16, 2012 12:17 EDT
The 80th Le Mans 24-Hour race got underway on the dot of 1500 local time (1300GMT) here on Saturday with all bar two of the 56 car grid setting off without incident.
Defending champions Audi on Le Mans pole
Jun 14, 2012 18:34 EDT
Audi's Andre Lotterer, Benoit Treluyer and Marcel Fassler, the defending champions, took pole on Thursday for this year's Le Mans 24 Hour Race.
Benzema at the double for France
Jun 05, 2012 18:14 EDT
France thanked a brace from Real Madrid's Karim Benzema on Monday as they thumped Estonia 4-0 in an impressive Euro 2012 tune-up to give Group D rivals England food for thought.
Benzema at the double as France thump Estonia
Jun 05, 2012 17:21 EDT
France thanked a brace from Real Madrid's Karim Benzema on Monday as they thumped Estonia 4-0 in an impressive Euro 2012 tune-up to give Group D rivals England food for thought.
Flags, fanfares for Spain's arrival at Euro 2012
Jun 05, 2012 15:27 EDT
A trumpet fanfare and a sea of national flags greeted Spain's arrival in Poland on Tuesday, as they aimed to become the first side in the history of the European football championships to win back-to-back titles.
Holders Spain head to Euro 2012
Jun 05, 2012 13:50 EDT
Spain were on Tuesday expected to arrive in Poland to defend their European title, as under-pressure Italy were welcomed by chanting schoolchildren and challengers Germany sought to stake their claim on the trophy.
Spanish team head to Euro 2012
Jun 05, 2012 06:10 EDT
Champions Spain and under-pressure Italy were the main teams expected to arrive in Poland for the European championship on Tuesday, as the 16 finalists completed their final warm-up matches.
Blanc calls for more consistency from France
Jun 04, 2012 15:11 EDT
France coach Laurent Blanc has called for more consistency in his side's play ahead of their final Euro 2012 warm-up game against Estonia in Le Mans on Tuesday.
M'Vila 'much better', says Blanc
Jun 04, 2012 11:54 EDT
France coach Laurent Blanc said on Monday that injured midfielder Yann M'Vila was doing "much better", but refused to speculate on whether he will be fit to face England in France's Euro 2012 opener on June 11.
M'Vila given green light for Euro 2012
Jun 03, 2012 15:23 EDT
Yann M'Vila will remain with the France squad for Euro 2012 after an MRI scan on Sunday revealed he has a "moderately serious" ankle sprain but with "no complications", according to the French Football Federation (FFF).
France back on Euro track with victory over Serbia
May 31, 2012 17:16 EDT
France got their Euro preparations back on track with a convincing 2-0 victory over Serbia here on Thursday.
Facts from the Wikipedia page:
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Commune of Le Mans | |
| Location | |
  Le Mans
| |
| Administration | |
|---|---|
| Country | France |
| Region | Pays de la Loire |
| Department | Sarthe |
| Arrondissement | Le Mans |
| Intercommunality | Le Mans |
| Mayor | Jean-Claude Boulard (2001–2008) |
| Statistics | |
| Elevation | 38–134 m (120–440 ft) (avg. 51 m/170 ft) |
| Land area1 | 52.81 km2 (20.39 sq mi) |
| Population2 | 148,169 (2006) |
| - Density | 2,806 /km2 (7,270 /sq mi) |
| Miscellaneous | |
| INSEE/Postal code | 72181/ 72000 |
| Dialling code | (0)243 |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
| 2 Population sans doubles comptes: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once. | |
