Sainte-Osmane (French pronunciation: [sɛ̃t ɔsman]) is a former commune in the Sarthe department in the region of Pays de la Loire in north-western France. On 1 January 2019, it was merged into the new commune Val-d'Étangson.[2] The 17th-century French Benedictine Ambroise Janvier (1613–1682) was born in the village.
Sainte-Osmane | |
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Part of Val-d'Étangson | |
 The church of Sainte-Osmane | |
Location of Sainte-Osmane  | |
  Sainte-Osmane  Sainte-Osmane | |
| Coordinates: 47°53′28″N 0°36′36″E / 47.891°N 0.610°E | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Pays de la Loire |
| Department | Sarthe |
| Arrondissement | Mamers |
| Canton | Saint-Calais |
| Commune | Val-d'Étangson |
| Area 1 | 12 km2 (5 sq mi) |
| Population (2019)[1] | 174 |
| • Density | 15/km2 (38/sq mi) |
| Demonym(s) | Osmanien, Osmanienne |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| Postal code | 72120 |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
The commune is named after Saint Osmanna, who hermitage was said to be there, afterwards the site of a church.[3]
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- ^ Téléchargement du fichier d'ensemble des populations légales en 2019, INSEE
- ^ Arrêté préfectoral 13 September 2018 (in French)
- ^ O'Hanlon, John (1873), Lives of the Irish saints, p. 240, retrieved 2021-08-02
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