The Communauté urbaine d'Alençon is the ''
communauté urbaine
Communauté urbaine (French for "urban community") is the second most integrated form of intercommunality in France, after the ''Metropolis'' (french: link=no, métropole). A ''communauté urbaine'' is composed of a city ( commune) and its indep ...
'', an
intercommunal structure, centred on the
city
A city is a human settlement of notable size.Goodall, B. (1987) ''The Penguin Dictionary of Human Geography''. London: Penguin.Kuper, A. and Kuper, J., eds (1996) ''The Social Science Encyclopedia''. 2nd edition. London: Routledge. It can be def ...
of
Alençon. It is located 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.[Sarthe
Sarthe () is a department of the French region of Pays de la Loire, and the province of Maine, situated in the '' Grand-Ouest'' of the country. It is named after the river Sarthe, which flows from east of Le Mans to just north of Angers. It ha ...]
departments, in the
Normandy
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and
Pays de la Loire regions
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, northwestern
France
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. It was created in December 1996.
[CU d'Alençon (N° SIREN : 246100663)]
BANATIC. Accessed 4 April 2022. Its area is 461.7 km
2. Its population was 55,924 in 2018, of which 25,775 in Alençon proper.
[Comparateur de territoire]
INSEE. 4 April 2022.
Composition
The communauté urbaine consists of the following 31 communes, of which 5 (Arçonnay, Champfleur, Chenay, Saint Paterne - Le Chevain and Villeneuve-en-Perseigne) in the Sarthe department:
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# Alençon
# Arçonnay
#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 interco ...
# Champfleur
# Chenay
# Ciral
# Colombiers
#Condé-sur-Sarthe
Condé-sur-Sarthe (, literally ''Condé 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 France.
The co ...
# Cuissai
# Damigny
# Écouves
# La Ferrière-Bochard
# Gandelain
# Héloup
# Lalacelle
# Larré
# Lonrai
# Ménil-Erreux
# Mieuxcé
# L'Orée-d'Écouves
# Pacé
# La Roche-Mabile
#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 ...
# Saint-Denis-sur-Sarthon
# Saint-Ellier-les-Bois
#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 f ...
# Saint-Nicolas-des-Bois
# Saint Paterne - Le Chevain
# Semallé
# Valframbert
# Villeneuve-en-Perseigne
References
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