Arrondissement of La Flèche

The Prytanée national militaire is a French military school managed by the French military, offering regular secondary education as well as special preparatory classes, equivalent in level to the first years of university, for students who wish to enter French military academies. The school is located in western France in the city of La Flèche. At first founded in 1604 by the king Henri IV, the school was given to the Jesuits in the aim to "instruct the young people and make it fall in love with sciences, honour and virtue, in order to be able to serve". It then became the "Prytanée" wanted by Napoleon in 1800.

La Flèche (French pronunciation: [la flɛʃ] ) is a town and commune in the French department of Sarthe, in the Pays de la Loire region in the Loire Valley. It is the sub-prefecture of the South-Sarthe, the chief district and the chief city of a canton, and the second most populous city of the department. The city is part of the Community of communes of the Pays La Flèche. The inhabitants of the town are called Fléchois. It is classified as an area of art and history. The Prytanée National Militaire is located in La Flèche.

The canton of La Flèche is an administrative division of the Sarthe department, northwestern France. Its borders were modified at the French canton reorganisation which came into effect in March 2015. Its seat is in La Flèche.It consists of the following communes:

Villaines-sous-Malicorne (French pronunciation: [vilɛn su malikɔʁn], literally Villaines under Malicorne) is a commune in the Sarthe department in the region of Pays de la Loire in north-western France.

Clermont-Créans (French pronunciation: [klɛʁmɔ̃ kʁeɑ̃]) is a commune in the Sarthe department in the Pays de la Loire region in north-western France.

Bousse (French pronunciation: [bus]) is a commune in the Sarthe department in the region of Pays de la Loire in north-western France.

Clefs (French pronunciation: [kle] ) is a former commune in the Maine-et-Loire department in western France. In January 2013 it merged with Vaulandry to form the commune of Clefs-Val d'Anjou, which merged into the commune Baugé-en-Anjou on 1 January 2016. Its population was 950 in 2019.

Saint-Quentin-lès-Beaurepaire (French pronunciation: [sɛ̃ kɑ̃tɛ̃ lɛ boʁpɛʁ] ) is a former commune in the Maine-et-Loire department in western France. On 1 January 2016, it was merged into the commune of Baugé-en-Anjou. Its population was 312 in 2019.

Cré-sur-Loir (French pronunciation: [kʁe syʁ lwaʁ], literally Cré on Loir; before 2014: Cré) is a former commune in the Sarthe department in the Pays de la Loire region in north-western France. On 1 January 2017, it was merged into the new commune Bazouges Cré sur Loir. Its population was 778 in 2019.

Crosmières (French pronunciation: [kʁomjɛʁ]) is a commune in the Sarthe department in the Pays de la Loire region in north-western France.

Bazouges-sur-le-Loir (French pronunciation: [bazuʒ syʁ lə lwaʁ], literally Bazouges on the Loir) 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 Bazouges Cré sur Loir. Its population was 1,215 in 2019.

Bazouges Cré sur Loir (French pronunciation: [bazuʒ kʁe syʁ lwaʁ]) is a commune in the department of Sarthe, northwestern France. The municipality was established on 1 January 2017 by merger of the former communes of Bazouges-sur-le-Loir (the seat) and Cré-sur-Loir.