Coulaines

Coulaines (French pronunciation: [kulɛn]) is a commune in the Sarthe department in the Pays de la Loire region in north-western France. Its sister city is Kitty Hawk, North Carolina, United States.

Coulaines
Commune
The Boulevard Saint Michel, in Coulaines
Location of Coulaines
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Coordinates: 48°01′36″N 0°12′15″E
Country	France
Region	Pays de la Loire
Department	Sarthe
Arrondissement	Le Mans
Canton	Le Mans-4
Intercommunality	Le Mans Métropole
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Christophe Rouillon[1]
Area 1	3.93 km2 (1.52 sq mi)
Population  (2022)[2]	8,049
• Density	2,000/km2 (5,300/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	72095 /72190
Elevation	43–112 m (141–367 ft) (avg. 91 m or 299 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Population

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1968	3,721	—
1975	7,423	+10.37%
1982	7,291	−0.26%
1990	7,370	+0.13%
1999	7,544	+0.26%
2007	7,429	−0.19%
2012	7,687	+0.69%
2017	7,423	−0.70%
Source: INSEE[3]

See also

• Communes of the Sarthe department
• Treaty of Coulaines