Les Genettes (French pronunciation: [le ʒənɛt] ) is a commune in the Orne department in north-western France.
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| Coordinates: 48°39′55″N 0°34′08″E / 48.6653°N 0.5689°E | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Normandy |
| Department | Orne |
| Arrondissement | Mortagne-au-Perche |
| Canton | Tourouvre au Perche |
| Intercommunality | Pays de L'Aigle |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2020–2026) | Gilbert Matelot[1] |
Area 1 | 6.54 km2 (2.53 sq mi) |
| Population (2021)[2] | 173 |
| • Density | 26/km2 (69/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 61187 /61270 |
| Elevation | 219–283 m (719–928 ft) (avg. 255 m or 837 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 along with another 70 communes shares part of a 47,681 hectare, Natura 2000 conservation area, called the Forêts et étangs du Perche.[3]
Notable People
edit- Loïk Le Floch-Prigent (born 1943), was CEO of Elf Aquitaine between July 1989 and 1993 during which time he purchased the Château des Genettes, which was later questioned as part of the Elf Aquitaine fraud scandal investigation.[4]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 13 September 2022.
- ^ "Populations légales 2021" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
- ^ "INPN - FSD Natura 2000 - FR2512004 - Forêts et étangs du Perche - Description".
- ^ LASKE, Karl. "Elf, le deballage des cadeaux". Libération.
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