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Moncé-en-Belin
Moncé-en-Belin
Commune
	The church of Saint-Étienne, in Moncé-en-Belin
	Coat of arms
	Location of Moncé-en-Belin
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	Coordinates: 47°53′43″N 0°11′56″E / 47.8953°N 0.1989°E
Country	France
Region	Pays de la Loire
Department	Sarthe
Arrondissement	Le Mans
Canton	Écommoy
Intercommunality	CC de l'Orée de Bercé Bélinois
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Irène Boyer
Area 1	17.49 km2 (6.75 sq mi)
Population (2021)	3,675
• Density	210/km2 (540/sq mi)
Demonym(s)	Moncéen, Moncéenne
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	72200 /72230
Elevation	40–81 m (131–266 ft)
	1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Moncé-en-Belin is a commune in the Sarthe department in the region of Pays de la Loire in north-western France.

The commune is historically in the Haut-Maine part of the province of Maine.^[3]

Toponymy

The suffix Belin expresses the belonging of the commune to the territory of Belinois.

During the French Revolution, the town bore the name of Moncé-lès-Le Mans, in reference to the nearby city of Le Mans.^[4]

Moncé-en-Belin is located 12 km south of Le Mans, 10 km north-west of Écommoy, and about 8 km from the 24 Hours of Le Mans circuit. The commune is a part of the community of communes of Orée de Bercé - Belinois [fr],^[5] in southern Sarthe.

The area around the town has several sites of notable historical value, including the following:

Church of Saint-Étienne from the 11th century, containing a retable set,^[7] a mural of the Virgin Mary,^[8] a painting, and two statues, which have been given the designation of Monument historique
Chapel of Notre-Dame-des-Bois from 1828
War memorial
Monument to the eight airmen (six Canadians, one English, and one Australian) who died on 23 May 1944, during World War II
Castle mound of Vaux
Roman camp
Château de la Gourdinière
Château de la Beaussonière
Hattonnieres Castle