page_title: La Flèche
section_title: Religious heritage
hierarchical_section_title: La Flèche / Monuments and historical buildings / Civil Heritage / Religious heritage
caption_attribution_description: Français&#160;: Eglise Saint-Louis, à l'intérieur de l'ancien collège des jésuites de La Flèche (Collège Henri IV)
context_page_description: La Flèche 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 Les Flèchois. It is classified as a country of art and history.
  The Prytanée National Militaire is located in La Flèche.
context_section_description: La Flèche has six major religious buildings:
  The Church of St. Thomas (early twelfth century and rebuilt in the fifteenth and eighteenth centuries), the main church of the city;
  The Church of Sainte-Colombe, freely accessible;
  The Church of St. Germain du Val (eleventh and twelfth centuries), freely accessible;
  Church Verron, freely accessible;
  Chapel of Our Lady of Virtues (no celebrations, but open to the public) is the oldest religious building in the city (Roman times);
  The Church of St. Louis is located within the confines of the Prytanée National Militaire.
caption: La Flèche, Eglise St Louis (du collège jésuite)
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