Sanson
Sanson is a small settlement in the Manawatū District of New Zealand. It is located just south of Bulls and the Rangitīkei River, and west of the city of Palmerston North.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Mike Dickison, CC BY 4.0.
- Type: Village with 588 residents
- Description: locality in Manawatu District, Manawatū-Whanganui Region, New Zealand
- Also known as: “Sanson, New Zealand”
Places of Interest
Highlights include St Thomas Church.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Bulls and Rongotea.
Bulls
Town
Photo: Bdell555, Public domain.
Bulls is a town in the Rangitikei District of New Zealand. It is in a fertile farming area at the junction of State Highways 1 and 3, 28 km northwest of Palmerston North. Bulls is situated 6 km northwest of Sanson.
Rongotea
Village
Photo: PhilBeeNZ, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Rongotea is a small rural village in the Manawatū District of the Manawatū-Whanganui region of New Zealand on the western Manawatū Plains, approximately 19 km northwest of the region's main city, Palmerston North. Rongotea is situated 8 km south of Sanson.
Parewanui
Locality
Parewanui is a settlement situated southeast of Bulls in the North Island of New Zealand. Parewanui is situated 9 km west of Sanson.
Sanson
- Category: locality
- Location: Manawatu, Manawatū–Whanganui, North Island, New Zealand, Oceania
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Latitude
-40.22011° or 40° 13′ 12″ southLongitude
175.4241° or 175° 25′ 27″ eastPopulation
588Elevation
57 metres (187 feet)Named after
Henry SansonOpen location code
4VFQQCHF+XJOpenStreetMap ID
node 281129534OpenStreetMap feature
place=village
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Catalan to Turkish—“Sanson” goes by many names.
- Catalan: “Sanson”
- Cebuano: “Sanson”
- Dutch: “Sanson, New Zealand”
- Egyptian Arabic: “سانسون”
- French: “Sanson (Nouvelle-Zélande)”
- French: “Sanson”
- German: “Sanson”
- Malay: “Sanson, New Zealand”
- Polish: “Sanson”
- Turkish: “Sanson”
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Sanson Community Library and Skyhawk Playground.
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Sanson”. Photo: Mike Dickison, CC BY 4.0.