Rouessé-Fontaine

Rouessé-Fontaine
Commune
The church of Saint Hermès, in Rouessé-Fontaine
Location of Rouessé-Fontaine
Rouessé-Fontaine Location within France Rouessé-Fontaine Location within Pays de la Loire
Coordinates: 48°19′24″N 0°09′06″E
Country	France
Region	Pays de la Loire
Department	Sarthe
Arrondissement	Mamers
Canton	Sillé-le-Guillaume
Intercommunality	Haute Sarthe Alpes Mancelles
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Patrick Palmas
Area 1	12.48 km2 (4.82 sq mi)
Highest elevation	147 m (482 ft)
Lowest elevation	82 m (269 ft)
Population  (2023)	261
• Density	20.9/km2 (54.2/sq mi)
Demonym	Rousséens
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	72254 /72610
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Rouessé-Fontaine (French pronunciation: [ʁwɛse fɔ̃tɛn] ^ⓘ) is a commune in the Sarthe department in the region of Pays de la Loire in north-western France.

Geography

The La Semelle river runs through the commune.

Points of Interest

National Heritage sites

The Commune has a total of 2 buildings and areas listed as a Monument historique:

• Église Saint-Hermès de Rouessé-Fontaine - church that was listed as a monument historique in 1914.
• Prieuré Saint-Augustin - a fifteenth century Priory which was listed as a monument historique in 1974.

See also

• Communes of the Sarthe department