La Bazoge, Sarthe

Commune in Pays de la Loire, France

Location of La Bazoge

(2020–2026) Michel Lalande^[1]Area

22.87 km² (8.83 sq mi)Population

(2021)^[2]

3,699 • Density160/km² (420/sq mi)Demonym(s)Bazogien, BazogienneTime zoneUTC+01:00 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)INSEE/Postal code

72024 /72650

Elevation49–148 m (161–486 ft)Websitewww.labazoge72.fr¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

La Bazoge (French pronunciation: [la bazɔʒ]) is a commune in the Sarthe department in the region of Pays de la Loire in north-western France. It is twinned with the village of Bardney in Lincolnshire and Martfeld (Deutschland).

Population

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1968	1,319	—
1975	1,795	+4.50%
1982	2,366	+4.02%
1990	2,745	+1.87%
1999	2,860	+0.46%
2007	3,570	+2.81%
2012	3,653	+0.46%
2017	3,641	−0.07%
Source: INSEE^[3]

References

^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 13 September 2022.
^ "Populations légales 2021". The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE