Floods, Sarthe and 6 other départements, June 2018
835 hectares of water detected by radar (Copernicus GFM, Sentinel-1)
127 hectares in Natura 2000 or under regulatory protection
15% of the observed flooded area
- Communes declared
- 108
- Dates per the orders
- 9 to 16 June 2018
- Départements
- Sarthe, Eure, Eure-et-Loir, Orne, Calvados and 2 other départements
- Flood type
- river flooding, runoff or mudflow
- Heaviest rainfall
- 111.1 mm
- in one day (Sarthe, 9 June 2018), BONNETABLE station · per Météo-France
- 4 June 2018: 10.2 mm
- 5 June 2018: 8.4 mm
- 6 June 2018: 8.9 mm
- 7 June 2018: 0 mm
- 8 June 2018: 0.4 mm
- 9 June 2018: 111.1 mm
- 10 June 2018: 0 mm
- 11 June 2018: 91.9 mm
- 12 June 2018: 0 mm
111.5 mm from 7 to 9 Jun, up to the wettest day
The flood's dates
- Peak discharge
- 199 m³/s
- La Sarthe à Neuville-sur-Sarthe, Montreuil, on 13 June 2018 · per Hub'Eau
- Extent
- water detected by radar (Copernicus GFM, Sentinel-1)
- 835 ha
In the water's path
Establishments registered today within reach of the flood, at their declared address or at the point Géorisques gives. They were not necessarily there on the day of the flood, and the dataset does not say whether they were flooded. An ICPE-classified farm can also be in the SIRENE register: these counts do not add up.
No ICPE-classified livestock farm located within the flood's reach
Géorisques · ICPENo livestock business in the SIRENE register based within the flood's reach
SIRENE register · InseeNo veterinary practice based within the flood's reach
SIRENE register · InseeNo animal protection association based within the flood's reach
National register of associationsNo wildlife association based within the flood's reach
National register of associations
A wildlife association is an association whose declared purpose in the national register of associations is the preservation of wildlife: the register does not say whether it runs an authorised care centre. Associations are counted at their declared address: an association or a care centre based outside the area can work across all of it.
Protected areas within reach
Area of each site within reach of the flood, and the share of the site it represents. Natura 2000 and regulatory protection first, then the ZNIEFF.
- Haute Vallée de la SartheNatura 2000, Habitats Directive91 ha within reach2.6% of the site
- Haute vallée de l'Orne et affluentsNatura 2000, Habitats Directive36 ha within reach0.2% of the site
- Haute-Vallée de la SartheZNIEFF type II (inventoried natural area)92 ha within reach3.0% of the site
- Prairies humides autour d'ArgentanZNIEFF type II (inventoried natural area)36 ha within reach4.8% of the site
- Vallée de la Sarthe entre Hauterive et le Mele-sur-SartheZNIEFF type I (inventoried natural area)31 ha within reach3.4% of the site
- Prairies humides en amont d'ArgentanZNIEFF type I (inventoried natural area)20 ha within reach11.5% of the site
A ZNIEFF is a wildlife inventory, with no regulatory protection.
The declared communes
108 communes declared a natural disaster (flood) for this flood, région by région, then département by département.
Pays de la LoireSarthe
SartheSee the 55 communes
Aigné, Avezé, Ballon-Saint Mars, Bonnétable, Briosne-lès-Sables, Cherré-Au, Congé-sur-Orne, Cormes, Courcemont, Courcival, Dehault, Duneau, Jauzé, Joué-l'Abbé, La Bazoge, La Chapelle-du-Bois, La Chapelle-Saint-Aubin, La Chartre-sur-le-Loir, La Ferté-Bernard, La Guierche, La Milesse, Le Bailleul, Le Mans, Louailles, Luceau, Marçon, Maresché, Marolles-les-Braults, Mézières-sur-Ponthouin, Moncé-en-Saosnois, Montbizot, Montval-sur-Loir, Nauvay, Neuville-sur-Sarthe, Nogent-le-Bernard, Peray, Préval, Prévelles, Pruillé-le-Chétif, Rouillon, Rouperroux-le-Coquet, Saint-Aignan, Saint-Aubin-des-Coudrais, Saint-Georges-du-Rosay, Saint-Martin-des-Monts, Saint-Pierre-des-Ormes, Saint-Saturnin, Savigné-l'Évêque, Sillé-le-Philippe, Souillé, Souligné-sous-Ballon, Teillé, Terrehault, Tuffé Val de la Chéronne, Yvré-l'Évêque
NormandieEure, Orne, Calvados
EureSee the 16 communes
Beaumont-le-Roger, Beaumontel, Bernay, Bois-Anzeray, Chambord, Fontaine-l'Abbé, Grosley-sur-Risle, Juignettes, La Ferrière-sur-Risle, La Houssaye, Les Bottereaux, Ménilles, Menneval, Mesnil-en-Ouche, Saint-Antonin-de-Sommaire, Saint-Germain-la-Campagne
OrneSee the 15 communes
Alençon, Argentan, Barville, Ceton, Gouffern en Auge, Hauterive, Juvigny-sur-Orne, Rai, Saint-Germain-du-Corbéis, Saint-Martin-d'Écublei, Saint-Nicolas-de-Sommaire, Saint-Sulpice-sur-Risle, Semallé, Val-au-Perche, Vimoutiers
CalvadosSee the 3 communes
Crocy, Morteaux-Coulibœuf, Val-de-Vie
Centre-Val de LoireEure-et-Loir, Indre-et-Loire
Eure-et-LoirSee the 15 communes
Amilly, Bailleau-l'Évêque, Combres, Corancez, Écluzelles, Goussainville, Jouy, Les Villages Vovéens, Lèves, Lucé, Maillebois, Mainvilliers, Saint-Lubin-des-Joncherets, Theuville, Thimert-Gâtelles
Indre-et-LoireSee the 3 communes
Chemillé-sur-Dême, Saint-Aubin-le-Dépeint, Saunay
Île-de-FranceYvelines
YvelinesSee the commune
Bourdonné
Download this flood's data
In every file of the dataset, this flood carries the identifier EV-20180609-20180611-72. Its dates were frozen when the identifier was created and differ here from the flood's.
Recognised and listed

A project labelled by the French StateNational Resilience Day 2026 (Journée nationale de la résilience)
Registered with GBIFDerived dataset, DOI 10.15468/dd.ta4vkx