Briouze
Briouze () is a commune in the Orne department of Normandy in northwestern France. It is considered the capital of the ''pays d'Houlme'' at the western end of the Orne in the Norman bocage. The nearby Grand Hazé marshland is a heritage-listed ar ...
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commune
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Administrative-territorial entities
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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 in north-western
France
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Geography
The commune is made up of the following collection of villages and hamlets, La Charpenterie, Le Ménil-de-Briouze, Le Chesné, Arthan, Les Roussières and La Morière.
It is in size. The highest point in the commune is .
Five streams, the Laurenciere, la Source Philippe, the Arthan, the Roussieres and the Lange are the only watercourses that flow through the commune.
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):Menildebriouze
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