Écorches (French pronunciation: [ekɔʁʃ] ) is a commune in the Orne department in northwestern France.
Écorches | |
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 The church of Saint-Agnan in Écorches | |
Location of Écorches  | |
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| Coordinates: 48°52′04″N 0°05′37″E / 48.8678°N 0.0936°E | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Normandy |
| Department | Orne |
| Arrondissement | Argentan |
| Canton | Argentan-2 |
| Intercommunality | Terres d'Argentan Interco |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2020–2026) | Thierry Couanon[1] |
Area 1 | 9.71 km2 (3.75 sq mi) |
| Population (2021)[2] | 101 |
| • Density | 10/km2 (27/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 61152 /61160 |
| Elevation | 102–269 m (335–883 ft) (avg. 141 m or 463 ft) |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
Geography
editThe commune is made up of the following collection of villages and hamlets, Le Hameau Perré, Les Lignerits, Le Moncel and Écorches.[3]
The commune has the River Viette running through it and a single stream the Secqueville.
Notable buildings and places
editNational heritage sites
editChurch of Saint-Saturnin-des-Ligneries a 13th century church classified as a Monument historique in 1948.[4]
Notable people
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- Gilles de Caux de Montlebert (1682 - 1733) an 18th-century French poet and playwright was born here.[5]
- André Mare (1885 -1932) is buried at the Church of Saint-Saturnin-des-Ligneries.[6]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 2 December 2020.
- ^ "Populations légales 2021" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
- ^ a b "Google Maps". Google Maps.
- ^ "Eglise Saint-Saturnin-des-Ligneries à Écorches - PA00110797". monumentum.fr.
- ^ Caux de Montlebert, Gilles de; La Font, Joseph de; Henault, Charles-Jean-François; Du Fresny, Charles Rivière; Longepierre, Hilaire Bernard de Roqueleyne; Chateaubrun, Jean-Baptiste Vivien de; Dancourt, Florent Carton; Le Grand, Marc-Antoine; Foigny, Abbaye de (15 July 1735). "Le nouveau théâtre françois. Tome second".
- ^ "Un tableau d'André Mare sur le mur du Sitcom ?". actu.fr. 9 April 2016.
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