commune
A commune is an alternative term for an intentional community. Commune or comună or comune or other derivations may also refer to:
Administrative-territorial entities
* Commune (administrative division), a municipality or township
** Communes of ...
in the
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
Department may refer to:
* Departmentalization, division of a larger organization into parts with specific responsibility
Government and military
*Department (administrative division), a geographical and administrative division within a country, ...
in northwestern
France
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Geography
The commune is part of the area known as Suisse Normande.
The commune is made up of the following collection of villages and hamlets, Cambercourt,Les Oiseaux, Les Cours,Le Hamel, La Trollière, Le Fang, Vervent and Berjou.
The commune has the river Noireau running through it.
Population
Places of interest
*Museum of the liberation of Berjou was opened in 2011 and retraces retraces the fighting of August 15, 16 and 17, 1944 around the River Noireau as part of the battle of the Falaise pocket.
See also
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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):Berjeau