The arrondissement of Alençon is an

arrondissement An arrondissement (, , ) is any of various administrative divisions of France, Belgium, Haiti, certain other Francophone countries, as well as the Netherlands. Europe France The 101 French departments are divided into 342 ''arrondissements' ...

of France in the Orne

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in the

Normandy Normandy (; french: link=no, Normandie ; nrf, Normaundie, Nouormandie ; from Old French , plural of ''Normant'', originally from the word for "northman" in several Scandinavian languages) is a geographical and cultural region in Northwestern ...

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. It has 111 communes. Its population is 86,907 (2016), and its area is .

Composition

The communes of the arrondissement of Alençon, and their INSEE codes, are: #

Alençon Alençon (, , ; nrf, Alençoun) is a commune in Normandy, France, capital of the Orne department. It is situated west of Paris. Alençon belongs to the intercommunality of Alençon (with 52,000 people). History The name of Alençon is firs ...

(61001) #

Almenêches Almenêches () is a commune in the Orne department in north-western France. Population The inhabitants are known as ''Almenéchois''.

Aunay-les-Bois Aunay-les-Bois () is a commune in the Orne department in northwestern France. It is notable for its Karting racetrack, which hosts rounds of the CIK-FIA Karting European Championship. Population See also *Communes of the Orne department *Par ...

(61013) # Aunou-sur-Orne (61015) # Bagnoles de l'Orne Normandie (61483) # Barville (61026) #

Beauvain Beauvain () is a commune in the Orne department in northwestern France. Population See also *Communes of the Orne department *Parc naturel régional Normandie-Maine Normandie-Maine Regional Natural Park ( Fr.: ''Parc naturel régional Norm ...

(61035) # Belfonds (61036) # La Bellière # Boissei-la-Lande # Boitron (61051) #

Le Bouillon Le Bouillon () is a commune in the Orne department in northwestern France. Population See also *Communes of the Orne department *Parc naturel régional Normandie-Maine Normandie-Maine Regional Natural Park ( Fr.: ''Parc naturel régional N ...

(61056) # Brullemail (61064) # Buré (61066) # Bures (61067) # Bursard (61068) #

Carrouges Carrouges () is a commune in the Orne department in north-western France. The inhabitants are known as ''Carrougiens'' and ''Carrougiennes''.Ceaucé (61075) # Le Cercueil (61076) #

Cerisé Cerisé () is a commune in the Orne department in north-western France. See also *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 intercom ...

(61077) #

Chahains Chahains () is a commune in the Orne department in north-western France. The commune has the highest altitude of any commune in the department of Orne of 345metres. See also *Communes of the Orne department *Parc naturel régional Normandie-Mai ...

(61080) # Chailloué (61081) # Le Chalange (61082) # Le Champ-de-la-Pierre (61085) #

La Chapelle-près-Sées La Chapelle-près-Sées (, literally ''La Chapelle near Sées'') is a commune in the Orne department in north-western France. Notable buildings and places National heritage sites *Markers of Forêt d'Écouves a set of 80 markers positioned in ...

(61098) #

Le Château-d'Almenêches Le Château-d'Almenêches (; literally 'The Château of Almenêches') is a commune in the Orne department in north-western France. Geography The commune of is made up of the following villages and hamlets, Les Planches, Ménil Gautier, Le Pa ...

# La Chaux (61104) # Ciral (61107) # Colombiers (61111) # Condé-sur-Sarthe (61117) # Coulonges-sur-Sarthe (61126) # Courtomer (61133) #

Cuissai Cuissai () is a commune in the Orne department in north-western France. See also *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 interco ...

(61141) # Damigny (61143) #

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Écouves Écouves () 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 Forges, Radon (the seat) and Vingt-Hanaps. It takes its name from the nearby Forêt ...

(61341) # La Ferrière-Béchet (61164) # La Ferrière-Bochard (61165) # Ferrières-la-Verrerie (61166) # Francheville #

Gandelain Gandelain () is a commune in the Orne department in north-western France. See also *Communes of the Orne department *Parc naturel régional Normandie-Maine Normandie-Maine Regional Natural Park ( Fr.: ''Parc naturel régional Normandie-Maine ...

(61182) # Gâprée (61183) # Hauterive (61202) #

Héloup Héloup (), also spelled Hesloup, is a commune in the Orne department in north-western France. See also *Communes of the Orne department *Parc naturel régional Normandie-Maine Normandie-Maine Regional Natural Park ( Fr.: ''Parc naturel rég ...

(61203) #

Joué-du-Bois Joué-du-Bois () 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, La Raitière, Le Hamel, La Retourdière, La Brousse, Le Theil, La Vallée, La F ...

(61209) # Juvigny-Val-d'Andaine (61211) #

Lalacelle Lalacelle () is a commune in the Orne department in north-western France. See also *Communes of the Orne department *Parc naturel régional Normandie-Maine Normandie-Maine Regional Natural Park ( Fr.: ''Parc naturel régional Normandie-Maine ...

(61213) # Laleu (61215) #

La Lande-de-Goult La Lande-de-Goult () 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, Goult, La Forêt, Le Tertre, Le Flochet and La Lande-de-Goult. It is in ...

(61216) # Larré (61224) #

Lonrai Lonrai () is a commune in the Orne department in north-western France. World War II After the liberation of the area by Allied Forces in August 1944, engineers of the Ninth Air Force IX Engineering Command began construction of a combat Advan ...

(61234) #

Macé Macé () is a commune in the Orne department in north-western France. Population See also *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 followi ...

(61240) #

Magny-le-Désert Magny-le-Désert () 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, La Teinture, Le Bois Gervais, Gourbon, La Basse Retaudière, La Roulerie, L ...

(61243) # Mantilly (61248) # Marchemaisons (61251) # Médavy # Méhoudin (61257) #

Le Mêle-sur-Sarthe Le Mêle-sur-Sarthe (, literally ''Le Mêle on Sarthe'') is a commune in the Orne department in north-western France. Twin towns – sister cities Le Mêle-sur-Sarthe is twinned with: * Faringdon, United Kingdom ''(since 1990)'' * Königstein ...

(61258) # Le Ménil-Broût (61261) #

Ménil-Erreux Ménil-Erreux () is a commune in the Orne department in north-western France. Points of interest National heritage sites *Normanderie farm a nineteenth centaury farm , that was registered as a Monument historique in 2005. See also *Communes ...

(61263) # Le Ménil-Guyon (61266) #

Le Ménil-Scelleur Le Ménil-Scelleur () 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, Danny and Le Ménil-Scelleur. It is in size. The highest point in the co ...

(61271) #

Mieuxcé Mieuxcé () is a commune in the Orne department in north-western France. See also *Communes of the Orne department *Parc naturel régional Normandie-Maine Normandie-Maine Regional Natural Park ( Fr.: ''Parc naturel régional Normandie-Maine ...

(61279) # Montchevrel (61284) # Montmerrei #

Mortrée Mortrée () is a commune in the Orne department in north-western France. On 1 January 2019, the former commune Saint-Hilaire-la-Gérard was merged into Mortrée.La Motte-Fouquet La Motte-Fouquet () is a commune in the Orne department in north-western France. Points of interest National heritage sites *Château de la Motte seventeenth centaury chateau, that was registered as a Monument historique 1980. See also *Com ...

(61295) # Neauphe-sous-Essai (61301) #

Neuilly-le-Bisson Neuilly-le-Bisson () is a commune in the Orne department in north-western France. See also *Communes of the Orne department *Parc naturel régional Normandie-Maine Normandie-Maine Regional Natural Park ( Fr.: ''Parc naturel régional Normandi ...

(61304) #

L'Orée-d'Écouves L'Orée-d'Écouves () is a commune in the Orne department in north-western France. It was established on 1 January 2019 by merger of the former communes of Livaie (the seat), Fontenai-les-Louvets, Longuenoë and Saint-Didier-sous-Écouves. N ...

(61228) # Pacé (61321) # Passais-Villages (61324) # Perrou (61326) # Le Plantis (61331) # Rives-d'Andaine (61096) #

La Roche-Mabile La Roche-Mabile () is a commune in the Orne department in north-western France. See also *Communes of the Orne department *Parc naturel régional Normandie-Maine Normandie-Maine Regional Natural Park ( Fr.: ''Parc naturel régional Normandie- ...

(61350) #

Rouperroux Rouperroux () is a commune in the Orne department in north-western France. Notable buildings and places National heritage sites *Markers of Forêt d'Écouves a set of 80 markers positioned in the 18th century that mark the boundaries of the f ...

(61357) # Saint-Agnan-sur-Sarthe (61360) # Saint-Aubin-d'Appenai (61365) #

Saint-Céneri-le-Gérei Saint-Céneri-le-Gérei () is a commune in the Orne department in north-western France. It lies on the river Sarthe from Alençon, the chef-lieu of the department, and some west of Paris. History The place is named for Serenicus (or ''Generi ...

(61372) # Saint-Denis-sur-Sarthon (61382) # Saint-Ellier-les-Bois (61384) #

Sainte-Marguerite-de-Carrouges Sainte-Marguerite-de-Carrouges (, literally ''Sainte-Marguerite of Carrouges'') is a commune in the Orne department in north-western France. As of 2019, the commune had a total population of 223 residents. The commune is named for Marguerite de ...

(61419) #

Sainte-Marie-la-Robert Sainte-Marie-la-Robert () is a commune in the Orne department in north-western France. As of 2017, the commune had a population of 85 inhabitants. Geography The commune is made up of the following collection of villages and hamlets, La Sorièr ...

(61420) #

Sainte-Scolasse-sur-Sarthe Sainte-Scolasse-sur-Sarthe (, literally ''Sainte-Scolasse on Sarthe'') is a commune in the Orne department in north-western France. See also *Communes of the Orne department The following is a list of the 385 communes of the Orne department of ...

(61454) # Saint-Fraimbault (61387) #

Saint-Germain-du-Corbéis Saint-Germain-du-Corbéis () is a commune in the Orne department in north-western France. See also *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 fo ...

(61397) # Saint-Germain-le-Vieux (61398) # Saint-Gervais-du-Perron (61400) # Saint-Julien-sur-Sarthe (61412) # Saint-Léger-sur-Sarthe (61415) # Saint-Léonard-des-Parcs (61416) # Saint-Mars-d'Égrenne (61421) # Saint-Martin-des-Landes (61424) #

Saint-Martin-l'Aiguillon Saint-Martin-l'Aiguillon () 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, La Grande Fichetière, Le Beauchêne, Pré de la Fosse and Saint-Mar ...

(61427) # Saint-Nicolas-des-Bois (61433) #

Saint-Ouen-le-Brisoult Saint-Ouen-le-Brisoult () is a commune in the Orne department in north-western France. The inhabitants are known as ''Audoniens'' and ''Audoniennes''.Saint-Patrice-du-Désert (61442) # Saint-Quentin-de-Blavou (61450) #

Saint-Roch-sur-Égrenne Saint-Roch-sur-Égrenne () is a commune in the Orne department in north-western France. Points of interest National heritage sites * Manoir de Loraille is a sixteenth centaury Manor house, it was registered as a Monument historique 1975. See ...

(61452) #

Saint-Sauveur-de-Carrouges Saint-Sauveur-de-Carrouges (, literally ''Saint-Saviour of Carrouges'') is a commune in the Orne department in north-western France. As of 2019, the commune had a total population of 252 residents. Geography The commune is made up of the follo ...

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Sées Sées () is a commune in the Orne department in north-western France. It lies on the river Orne from its source and north-by-northeast of Alençon. Sées station has rail connections to Argentan, Caen and Le Mans. Name The town's name derives ...

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Semallé Semallé () is a Communes of France, commune in the Orne Departments of France, department in north-western France. See also *Communes of the Orne department References

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Tanville Tanville () is a commune in the Orne department in north-western France. Notable buildings and places National heritage sites *Markers of Forêt d'Écouves a set of 80 markers positioned in the 18th century that mark the boundaries of the for ...

(61480) # Tellières-le-Plessis (61481) # Tessé-Froulay (61482) # Torchamp (61487) # Trémont (61492) # Valframbert (61497) # Les Ventes-de-Bourse (61499) # Vidai (61502)

History

The arrondissement of Alençon was created in 1800.Historique de l'Orne
/ref> At the January 2017 reorganisation of the arrondissements of Orne, it gained nine communes from the arrondissement of Argentan and five communes from the

arrondissement of Mortagne-au-Perche The arrondissement of Mortagne-au-Perche is an arrondissement of France in the Orne department in the Normandy region. It has 151 communes. Its population is 88,162 (2016), and its area is . Composition The communes of the arrondissement of Morta ...

, and it lost 11 communes to the arrondissement of Argentan and one commune to the arrondissement of Mortagne-au-Perche. As a result of the reorganisation of the

cantons of France The cantons of France are territorial subdivisions of the France, French Republic's Departments of France, departments and Arrondissements of France, arrondissements. Apart from their role as organizational units in relation to certain aspects ...

which came into effect in 2015, the borders of the cantons are no longer related to the borders of the arrondissements. The cantons of the arrondissement of Alençon were, as of January 2015:Populations légales 2012: 61 Orne
INSEE # Alençon-1 # Alençon-2 # Alençon-3 # Carrouges # Courtomer # Domfront #

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# Juvigny-sous-Andaine # Le Mêle-sur-Sarthe # Passais #

References

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