Aubigné-Racan

French commune
nomcommune=Aubigné-Racan
région=Pays de la Loire
département=Sarthe
arrondissement=La Flèche
canton=Mayet
insee=72620
cp=72800
maire=Michel Royer
mandat=2001-2008
intercomm=Aune et Loir
longitude=0.26861
latitude=47.69138
alt moy=31 m
alt mini=37
alt maxi=118 m
hectares=3203
km²=32.03
sans=2138
date-sans= 1999
date-dens= 1999
dens=66.74|

Aubigné-Racan is a commune in the Sarthe department in the Pays de la Loire region in northwestern France.

ights

The town has a Romanesque church from the 11th century.

Aubigné-Racan is the site of the archeological excavation of Cherré, a Gallo-Roman complex of 20 hectares from the 1st to the 3rd centuries. The site was likely a rural center of commercial and religious activity before the Roman conquest. Excavations in 1977 by C. Lambert and J. Rioufreyt discovered an ancient theatre, two temples, Roman thermae, a forum and an aqueduct.

In the surrounding countryside, one can also find prehistoric standing stones, or dolmen ("dolmen de la Pierre" and "dolmen du Colombier")

Miscellaneous

Aubigné-Racan is the birth place of the 17th century poet and dramatist Honorat de Bueil, seigneur de Racan. The place of his birth, the Manoir de Champmarin, is still standing.