Le Lude

Commune in Pays de la Loire, France

Coat of arms

Location of Le Lude

(2020–2026) Béatrice Latouche^[1]Area

68.36 km² (26.39 sq mi)Population

(2021)^[2]

4,048 • Density59/km² (150/sq mi)Demonym(s)Ludois, LudoiseTime zoneUTC+01:00 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)INSEE/Postal code

72176 /72800

Elevation30–93 m (98–305 ft)¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Le Lude (French pronunciation: [lə lyd]) is a commune in the Sarthe department in the region of Pays de la Loire, northwestern France. On 1 January 2018, the former commune of Dissé-sous-le-Lude was merged into Le Lude.^[3]

Population

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1968	4,396	—
1975	4,681	+0.90%
1982	5,138	+1.34%
1990	5,018	−0.29%
1999	4,757	−0.59%
2007	4,638	−0.32%
2012	4,519	−0.52%
2017	4,255	−1.20%
Source: INSEE^[4]

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.
^ Arrêté préfectoral 15 November 2017 (in French)
^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE