Le Mans

Data as of · Metro Power Rankings

#508

Global Rank

4.8

Power Score

Emerging Metro

% of Country Score

1.1%


Share

France • Europe • Language power • Time zone Europe/Paris UTC+1 (CET) (observes summer time)

Population
268K
GDP
$18B
GDP per capita
$68,816
Land area
841 km² (325 mi²)
Density
319/km² (826/mi²)

Primary city Le Mans

State / province Pays de la Loire

Language French

Le Mans metro area

48.01, 0.20
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Sport

Dimension Breakdown

Value and global rank across all 16 dimensions

Stands out for Major League Teams/Venues.

World #1Top 5Outside top 5

Most similar metros

Closest profiles across all 16 dimensions

Sports

4 teams

Major League Teams/Venues

Football/Soccer • France🥇

Le Mans FC

Le Mans • Level: 1

Notable Venues1 venue

Motor Racing

Circuit de la Sarthe (Le Mans)

Le Mans

Other Teams

Other Men’s Teams1 team

Basketball • Int'l Basketball

Le Mans Sarthe Basket

Le Mans

Major Sporting Events

Annual Sporting Events1 event

24 Hours of Le Mans

Auto Racing Major Event

• Le Mans

F1 Races1 event
Complete Event Timeline1 event

French Grand Prix

F1 Races

1967 • Bugatti Circuit

Against expectation how Le Mans’s teams have done against the odds they went in with.
  • French top-flight clubs based here have fallen short of their pre-match odds by 3.7 match points across 228 club-matches since 2003.

How this is measured →

Championship History

5 titles

Every major championship won by a team while it represented Le Mans, across all sports, newest first. 5 in total. Each links to the team and the competition's full honour roll.

Le Mans Sarthe Basket
2018
Le Mans Sarthe Basket
2006
Le Mans Sarthe Basket
1982
Le Mans Sarthe Basket
1979
Le Mans Sarthe Basket
1978

Languages of Le Mans

French first in Pays de la Loire; 1 languages hold a role.

RoleLanguage
De factoFrench
AdministrativeFrench
NationalFrench
English reach, Pays de la Loire
39%
Tier 3 country

Pays de la Loire on the languages board · Language power

Art of Le Mans

#196 for celebrated art · 2 canon works in its museums

The Art hub →

Leading museums: Musée de Tessé