The Orne () is a
river in
Normandy, within northwestern
France. It is long.
It discharges into the
English Channel at the port of
Ouistreham
Ouistreham () is a commune in the Calvados department in Normandy region in northwestern France.
Ouistreham is a small port with fishing boats, leisure craft and a ferry harbour. It serves as the port of the city of Caen. The town borders th ...
. Its source is in
Aunou-sur-Orne
Aunou-sur-Orne (, literally ''Aunou on Orne'') is a commune in the Orne department in northwestern France.
History
In 1811 Aunou-sur-Orne absorbed the neighbouring commune of Saint-Cenery-près-Séez (sometimes spelled Saint-Cénery-près-Sées ...
, east of
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 ...
. Its main tributaries are the
Odon and the
Rouvre
The Rouvre is a river in Normandy, in the Orne département, a tributary of the river Orne. It is long.
The river's source is in the commune of Beauvain, a few kilometres to the east of La Ferté-Macé. After crossing the Pays d'Houlme, it tur ...
.
The Orne flows through the following
departments
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, ...
and towns:
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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.[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 ...]
,
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 ...
*
Calvados
Calvados (, , ) is a brandy from Normandy in France, made from apples or pears, or from apples with pears.
History In France
Apple orchards and brewers are mentioned as far back as the 8th century by Charlemagne. The first known record of Nor ...
:
Thury-Harcourt
Thury-Harcourt () is a former commune in the Calvados department in the Normandy region in northwestern France. On 1 January 2016, it was merged into the new commune of Thury-Harcourt-le-Hom. The town is south of Caen, in the Orne valley. It i ...
,
Caen
Caen (, ; nrf, Kaem) is a commune in northwestern France. It is the prefecture of the department of Calvados. The city proper has 105,512 inhabitants (), while its functional urban area has 470,000,[Ouistreham
Ouistreham () is a commune in the Calvados department in Normandy region in northwestern France.
Ouistreham is a small port with fishing boats, leisure craft and a ferry harbour. It serves as the port of the city of Caen. The town borders th ...]
Name
The name of the Orne in Normandy, which is referred to as the ''Olinas'' by
Ptolemy, is a homonym of Fluvius Olne, the Orne saosnoise in Sarthe, which
Xavier Delamarre traces back to the Celtic olīnā (elbow).
Hydrology and water quality
The waters of the Orne are typically moderately turbid and brown in colour.
pH levels of the Orne have been measured at 8.5
[Hogan, C Michael, ''Water quality of freshwater bodies in France'', Lumina Press, Aberdeen 2006] at the town of
St. Andre sur Orne where summer water temperatures approximate 18 degrees
Celsius
The degree Celsius is the unit of temperature on the Celsius scale (originally known as the centigrade scale outside Sweden), one of two temperature scales used in the International System of Units (SI), the other being the Kelvin scale. The d ...
. Electrical conductivity of the Orne has been measured at 30 micro-Siemens per centimeter.
See also
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St. Andre sur Orne
*
Canal de Caen à la Mer
Canal de Caen à la Mer ( en, Canal from Caen to the sea, also called the "Caen Canal") is a short canal in the department (préfecture) of Calvados, France, connecting the Port of Caen, in the city of Caen, downstream to the town of Ouistreha ...
*
Operation Tonga
Operation Tonga was the codename given to the airborne operation undertaken by the British 6th Airborne Division between 5 June and 7 June 1944 as a part of Operation Overlord and the D-Day landings during World War II.
The paratroopers and ...
References
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Rivers of Normandy
Rivers of France
Rivers of Calvados (department)
Rivers of Orne
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