Lavenay

Lavenay
Lavenay
Location within Pays de la Loire region  Lavenay
Coordinates: 47°47′30″N 0°42′05″E / 47.7917°N 0.7014°E / 47.7917; 0.7014Coordinates: 47°47′30″N 0°42′05″E / 47.7917°N 0.7014°E / 47.7917; 0.7014
Country	France
Region	Pays de la Loire
Department	Sarthe
Arrondissement	La Flèche
Canton	Château-du-Loir
Area1	7.8 km2 (3.0 sq mi)
Population (2006 )2	361
• Density	46/km2 (120/sq mi)
Time zone	CET (UTC+1)
• Summer (DST)	CEST (UTC+2)
INSEE/Postal code	72159 /72310
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.

Lavenay is a former commune in the Sarthe department in the region of Pays-de-la-Loire in north-western France. On 1 January 2017, it was merged into the new commune Loir en Vallée.

The Braye forms most of the commune's south-eastern border, then flows into the Loir, which forms most of its south-western border.

The railway station is at Pont-de-Braye, a hamlet south of Lavenay.