arrondissements
An arrondissement (, , ) is any of various administrative divisions of France, Belgium, Haiti, certain other Francophone countries, as well as the Netherlands.
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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.department
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* Departmentalization, division of a larger organization into parts with specific responsibility
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Arrondissement of Alençon
The arrondissement of Alençon is an arrondissement of France in the Orne department in the Normandy region. It has 111 communes. Its population is 86,907 (2016), and its area is .
Composition
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prefecture
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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 ...
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communes
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. The population of the arrondissement was 86,907 in 2016.
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Arrondissement of Argentan
The arrondissement of Argentan (french: arrondissement d'Argentan, link=no) is an arrondissement of France, located in the Orne department, region of Normandy. It has 123 communes. Its population is 110,239 (2016), and its area is .
Composition
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Argentan
Argentan () is a commune and the seat of two cantons and of an arrondissement in the Orne department in northwestern France.
Argentan is located NE of Rennes, ENE of the Mont Saint-Michel, SE of Cherbourg, SSE of Caen, SW of Rouen and N ...
Mortagne-au-Perche
Mortagne-au-Perche () is a commune in the Orne department in Normandy, north-western France.
Heraldry
Population
People
*Geoffrey II, Count of Perche and Mortagne, grandfather of Queen Margaret of L'Aigle.
* Marie of Armagnac, duchess of Al ...
) with 151 communes. The population of the arrondissement was 88,162 in 2016.
History
In 1800 the arrondissements of Alençon, Argentan, Domfront and Mortagne-au-Perche were established. The arrondissements of Domfront and Mortagne-au-Perche were disbanded in 1926, and Then, Mortagne-au-Perche was restored in 1942.Historique de l'Orne /ref>
The borders of the arrondissements of Orne were modified in January 2017:
* 11 communes from the arrondissement of Alençon to the arrondissement of Argentan
* one commune from the arrondissement of Alençon to the arrondissement of Mortagne-au-Perche
* nine communes from the arrondissement of Argentan to the arrondissement of Alençon
* 49 communes from the arrondissement of Argentan to the arrondissement of Mortagne-au-Perche
* five communes from the arrondissement of Mortagne-au-Perche to the arrondissement of Alençon
References
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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.