Macé (French pronunciation: [mase]) is a commune in the Orne department in north-western France.
Macé | |
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Location of Macé  | |
  Macé  Macé | |
| Coordinates: 48°38′13″N 0°08′30″E / 48.6369°N 0.1417°E | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Normandy |
| Department | Orne |
| Arrondissement | Alençon |
| Canton | Sées |
| Intercommunality | Sources de l'Orne |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2020–2026) | Jean-Pierre Fontaine[1] |
Area 1 | 14.53 km2 (5.61 sq mi) |
| Population (2021)[2] | 418 |
| • Density | 29/km2 (75/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 61240 /61500 |
| Elevation | 161–219 m (528–719 ft) (avg. 178 m or 584 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 of is made up of the following villages and hamlets, La Guitonnerie, Cité de Surdon, Ferme de Chardronnet, La Chointerie, Les Riaux, La Métairie, Mermonde, La Ferronnerie, Macé, La Pelletière and L'Abbé.[3]
Macé along with another 70 communes is part of a 20,593 hectare, Natura 2000 conservation area, called the Haute vallée de l'Orne et affluents.[4]
The Orne is the only watercourse that runs through the commune.[5]
Population
edit| Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
|---|---|---|
| 1968 | 632 | — |
| 1975 | 588 | −1.03% |
| 1982 | 491 | −2.54% |
| 1990 | 464 | −0.70% |
| 1999 | 476 | +0.28% |
| 2007 | 494 | +0.47% |
| 2012 | 473 | −0.87% |
| 2017 | 409 | −2.87% |
| Source: INSEE[6] | ||
points of interest
edit- Coteau de la Butte-des-Rocs is a 400m2 site in the commune that is a protected area, as it contains the only known instance of the white pea lathyrus pannonicus, a type of Leguminosae, in Orne.[7]
Notable People
edit- Ernest Granger (1844 -1914) a French politician died and was buried here.[8]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 2 December 2020. Archived from the original on 18 July 2021. Retrieved 20 April 2021.
- ^ "Populations légales 2021" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
- ^ a b "Macé · France". Macé · France. Archived from the original on 27 September 2023. Retrieved 28 August 2024.
- ^ "INPN - FSD Natura 2000 - FR2500099 - Haute vallée de l'Orne et affluents - Description". Archived from the original on 9 May 2024. Retrieved 28 August 2024.
- ^ Sandre. "Fiche cours d'eau - L'Orne (I2--0200)".
- ^ Population en historique depuis 1968 Archived 1 August 2022 at the Wayback Machine, INSEE
- ^ "Autres sites naturels". Archived from the original on 13 April 2024. Retrieved 28 August 2024.
- ^ "GRANGER Ernest, Henri". Maitron/Editions de l'Atelier. 12 March 2020. Archived from the original on 28 August 2024. Retrieved 28 August 2024 – via Le Maitron.
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