Coulaines

Coulaines
Coulaines
Location within Pays de la Loire region  Coulaines
Coordinates: 48°01′36″N 0°12′15″E / 48.0267°N 0.2042°E / 48.0267; 0.2042Coordinates: 48°01′36″N 0°12′15″E / 48.0267°N 0.2042°E / 48.0267; 0.2042
Country	France
Region	Pays de la Loire
Department	Sarthe
Arrondissement	Le Mans
Canton	Le Mans-Nord-Campagne
Intercommunality	Le Mans Métropole
Government
• Mayor (2008–2014)	Christophe Rouillon
Area1	3.93 km2 (1.52 sq mi)
Population (2006)2	7,667
• Density	2,000/km2 (5,100/sq mi)
Time zone	CET (UTC+1)
• Summer (DST)	CEST (UTC+2)
INSEE/Postal code	72095 /72190
Elevation	43–112 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. 2Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.

¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Coulaines 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.