Twin Towns – Sister Cities
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Le Mans is twinned with:
- Bolton, England, United Kingdom
- Haouza, Western Sahara
- Paderborn, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany—officially since 1967, traditionally since 836 (oldest partnership of its kind in Europe).
- Rostov-on-Don, Rostov Oblast, Russia
- Suzuka, Japan
- Volos, Greece
- Xianyang, Shaanxi, China
- Amasya, Amasya, Turkey
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