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Le Mans (/ l ə ˈ m ɒ̃ /, French: [lə mɑ̃] ⓘ) is a city in Northwestern France on the Sarthe River where it meets the Huisne.Traditionally the capital of the province of Maine, it is now the capital of the Sarthe department and the seat of the Roman Catholic diocese of Le Mans.
The Circuit des 24 Heures du Mans, [1] also known as Circuit de la Sarthe [2] (after the 1906 French Grand Prix triangle circuit) located in Le Mans, Sarthe, France, is a semi-permanent motorsport race course, chiefly known as the venue for the 24 Hours of Le Mans auto race. Comprising private, race-specific sections of track in addition to ...
Circuit map Part of the Mulsanne straight.. The Mulsanne Straight (French: Ligne Droite des Hunaudières, "Straight Line of Les Hunaudières") is the name used in English for a formerly 6 km (3.7 mi) long straight of the Circuit de la Sarthe around which the 24 Hours of Le Mans auto race takes place.
The 24 Hours of Le Mans (French: 24 Heures du Mans) is an endurance-focused sports car race held annually near the town of Le Mans, France. [1] It is widely considered to be one of the world's most prestigious races, [2] [3] and is one of the races—along with the Monaco Grand Prix and Indianapolis 500—that form the Triple Crown of Motorsport, and is also one of the races alongside the 24 ...
Map of the city of Le Mans in 1769, with the city spilling out of its successive enclosures as a result of the town planning activity of the period. The period between 1680 and 1690 represents a significant shift in municipal policy, [ O 5 ] marked by the filling in of ditches and the destruction of fortified structures dating back to the 15th ...
The Circuit de la Sarthe, which is used in the sports car endurance race 24 Hours of Le Mans, features the long straight Ligne Droite des Hunaudières leading to Mulsanne, making a tight right hand turn before the entrance of the village itself.
System map The Le Mans tramway ( French : Tramway du Mans ) is a tramway in the city of Le Mans , Pays de la Loire , France . It opened on the 17 November 2007 and currently consists of two lines with a seven station common section in the center of town.
The Communauté urbaine Le Mans Métropole is the communauté urbaine, an intercommunal structure, centred on the city of Le Mans. It is located in the Sarthe department, in the Pays de la Loire region, northwestern France. It was created in November 1971. [1] Its area is 272.5 km 2. Its population was 209,557 in 2020, of which 145,155 in Le ...