Tanques
Tanques () is a commune in the Orne department in north-western France. Geography The commune is made up of the following collection of villages and hamlets, Mengné,Les Coudraies and Tanques. It is in size. The highest point in the commune is . The River Cance, Marais de Fleuriel stream and the Bel Usse stream flow through the commune. See also *Communes of the Orne department *Château de la Motte, Joué du Plain A château (; plural: châteaux) is a manor house or residence of the lord of the manor, or a fine country house of nobility or gentry, with or without fortifications, originally, and still most frequently, in French-speaking regions. Nowaday ... References Communes of Orne {{Orne-geo-stub ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Communauté De Communes D'Argentan Intercom
The Communauté de communes d'Argentan Intercom is a federation of municipalities (''communauté de communes'') in the Orne ''département'' and in the Normandy ''région'' of France. Its seat is Argentan. Its area is 715.1 km2, and its population in 2019 was 33,409. It covers some of the Communes that make up the area known as Suisse Normande. Composition The communauté de communes consists of the following 49 communes: #Argentan # Aunou-le-Faucon # Avoine # Bailleul # Boischampré # Boucé #Brieux #Commeaux #Coudehard # Coulonces # Écorches # Écouché-les-Vallées # Fleuré # Fontaine-les-Bassets # Ginai #Gouffern en Auge #Guêprei # Joué-du-Plain #Juvigny-sur-Orne # La Lande-de-Lougé #Le Pin-au-Haras #Lougé-sur-Maire #Louvières-en-Auge # Merri #Mont-Ormel #Montabard # Montreuil-la-Cambe # Monts-sur-Orne #Moulins-sur-Orne #Neauphe-sur-Dive #Nécy #Occagnes #Ommoy #Rânes # Ri #Rônai # Sai # Saint-Brice-sous-Rânes #Saint-Georges-d'Annebecq #Saint-Gervais-des-Sa ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Écouché-les-Vallées
Écouché-les-Vallées () is a commune in the department of Orne, northwestern France. The municipality was established on 1 January 2016 by merger of the former communes of Batilly, La Courbe, Écouché (the seat), Loucé, Saint-Ouen-sur-Maire and Serans. On 1 January 2018, the former commune of Fontenai-sur-Orne was merged into Écouché-les-Vallées. It's seat, Écouché, is classed as a Petites Cités de Caractère. Geography The commune is made up of the following collection of villages and hamlets: La Courbe, Mesnil-Glaise, Le Haut du Château, Batilly, Treize Saints, L'Être Hubert, Saint-Ouen-sur-Maire, Serans, Écouché, Méheudin, Loucé, Noiseville, Le Hamel and Fontenai-sur-Orne. The parts of the commune that contains Batilly and La Courbe is part of the area known as Suisse Normande. The Commune has 5 rivers running through it with another 6 streams. The five rivers are the Orne, Maire, Baize, Cance and Udon. The 6 streams are the Chalau, Commune, Barbotti ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Fleuré, Orne
Fleuré () is a commune in the Orne department in north-western France. Geography The commune is made up of the following collection of villages and hamlets, Fleuriel and Fleuré. It is in size. The highest point in the commune is . The Etangs stream, Marais de Fleuriel stream and the Bel Usse stream flow through the commune. Notable buildings and places *Stèle Étienne Panthou is a memorial remembering where a French Resistance fighter, Étienne Panthou, and an unknown person were executed in June 1944. File:La Mairie et l'Eglise.pdf, The Mayors office and Church File:Stéle.pdf, Stèle Étienne Panthou See also *Communes of the Orne department *Château de la Motte, Joué du Plain A château (; plural: châteaux) is a manor house or residence of the lord of the manor, or a fine country house of nobility or gentry, with or without fortifications, originally, and still most frequently, in French-speaking regions. Nowaday ... References Communes of ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Francheville, Orne
Francheville () is a commune in the Orne department in north-western France. Geography The commune is made up of the following collection of villages and hamlets, Mahey, La Pêcherie and Francheville. It is in size. The highest point in the commune is . The commune is within the Normandie-Maine Regional Natural Park and Forêt d'Écouves. Francheville has a total of five water courses running through it, the river Cance, Clairefontaine stream, Landrion stream, Etangs stream and the Landelles stream. See also *Communes of the Orne department *Parc naturel régional Normandie-Maine Normandie-Maine Regional Natural Park ( Fr.: ''Parc naturel régional Normandie-Maine'') is a protected area of forest and bocage located in the French regions of Normandy and Pays de la Loire. Geography Spanning the departments of Orne, Manch ... References Communes of Orne {{Orne-geo-stub ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Avoine, Orne
Avoine () is a commune in the Orne department in northwestern France. Geography The commune is made up of the following collection of villages and hamlets, Le Breuil,La Villette, Le Montpertuis and Avoine. It is in size. The average elevation of the commune is . The River Cance and the Poncey stream traverse through the commune. Population Notable buildings and places National heritage sites *Château d'Avoines 17th century chateau listed as a Monument historique in 1979. See also *Communes of the Orne department *Château de la Motte, Joué du Plain A château (; plural: châteaux) is a manor house or residence of the lord of the manor, or a fine country house of nobility or gentry, with or without fortifications, originally, and still most frequently, in French-speaking regions. Nowaday ... References Communes of Orne Monuments historiques of Orne {{Orne-geo-stub ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Communes Of The Orne Department
The following is a list of the 385 communes of the Orne department of France. The communes cooperate in the following intercommunalities (as of 2020):BANATIC Périmètre des EPCI à fiscalité propre. Accessed 3 July 2020. * (partly) * * Communauté de communes Andaine ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Communes Of France
The () is a level of administrative division in the French Republic. French are analogous to civil townships and incorporated municipalities in the United States and Canada, ' in Germany, ' in Italy, or ' in Spain. The United Kingdom's equivalent are civil parishes, although some areas, particularly urban areas, are unparished. are based on historical geographic communities or villages and are vested with significant powers to manage the populations and land of the geographic area covered. The are the fourth-level administrative divisions of France. vary widely in size and area, from large sprawling cities with millions of inhabitants like Paris, to small hamlets with only a handful of inhabitants. typically are based on pre-existing villages and facilitate local governance. All have names, but not all named geographic areas or groups of people residing together are ( or ), the difference residing in the lack of administrative powers. Except for the municipal arrondi ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Orne
Orne (; nrf, Ôrne or ) is a département in the northwest of France, named after the river Orne. It had a population of 279,942 in 2019.Populations légales 2019: 61 Orne INSEE History Orne is one of the original 83 départements created during the , on 4 March 1790. It was created from parts of the of and[...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Departments Of France
In the administrative divisions of France, the department (french: département, ) is one of the three levels of government under the national level ("territorial collectivities"), between the administrative regions and the communes. Ninety-six departments are in metropolitan France, and five are overseas departments, which are also classified as overseas regions. Departments are further subdivided into 332 arrondissements, and these are divided into cantons. The last two levels of government have no autonomy; they are the basis of local organisation of police, fire departments and, sometimes, administration of elections. Each department is administered by an elected body called a departmental council ( ing. lur.. From 1800 to April 2015, these were called general councils ( ing. lur.. Each council has a president. Their main areas of responsibility include the management of a number of social and welfare allowances, of junior high school () buildings and technical staff, ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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France
France (), officially the French Republic ( ), is a country primarily located in Western Europe. It also comprises of Overseas France, overseas regions and territories in the Americas and the Atlantic Ocean, Atlantic, Pacific Ocean, Pacific and Indian Oceans. Its Metropolitan France, metropolitan area extends from the Rhine to the Atlantic Ocean and from the Mediterranean Sea to the English Channel and the North Sea; overseas territories include French Guiana in South America, Saint Pierre and Miquelon in the North Atlantic, the French West Indies, and many islands in Oceania and the Indian Ocean. Due to its several coastal territories, France has the largest exclusive economic zone in the world. France borders Belgium, Luxembourg, Germany, Switzerland, Monaco, Italy, Andorra, and Spain in continental Europe, as well as the Kingdom of the Netherlands, Netherlands, Suriname, and Brazil in the Americas via its overseas territories in French Guiana and Saint Martin (island), ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Château De La Motte, Joué Du Plain
A château (; plural: châteaux) is a manor house or residence of the lord of the manor, or a fine country house of nobility or gentry, with or without fortifications, originally, and still most frequently, in French-speaking regions. Nowadays a ''château'' may be any stately residence built in a French style; the term is additionally often used for a winegrower's estate, especially in the Bordeaux region of France. Definition The word château is a French word that has entered the English language, where its meaning is more specific than it is in French. The French word ''château'' denotes buildings as diverse as a medieval fortress, a Renaissance palace and a fine 19th-century country house. Care should therefore be taken when translating the French word ''château'' into English, noting the nature of the building in question. Most French châteaux are "palaces" or fine "country houses" rather than "castles", and for these, the word "château" is appropriate in English. ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |