Coulaines

Commune in Pays de la Loire, France

(2020–2026) Christophe Rouillon^[1]Area3.93 km² (1.52 sq mi)Population8,003 • Density2,000/km² (5,300/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)INSEE/Postal codeElevation43–112 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.

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.

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

References