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 ]Normandy
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in northwestern France
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. Before 1961, the commune was known as ''Laigle''. According to Orderic Vitalis, the nest of an eagle
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(''aigle'' in French) was discovered during the construction of the castle.
The river Risle
The Risle (; less common: ''Rille'') is a long river in Normandy, left tributary of the Seine.
The river begins in the Orne department west of L'Aigle, crosses the western part of the department of Eure flowing from south to north and out into ...
flows through the commune. L'Aigle station
L'Aigle station ( French: ''Gare de L'Aigle'') is a railway station serving the town L'Aigle, Orne department, northwestern France.
Services
The station is served by regional trains to Argentan, Paris
Paris () is the Capital city, capi ...
has rail connections to Argentan, Paris and Granville.
Meteorite
On 26 April 1803 a meteoroid entered the Earth's atmosphere and air burst over L'Aigle.
Population
Heraldry
Events
* 8 January 1354 : Assassination of the constable of France
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, Charles d'Espagne, by men of Charles the Bad, king of Navarre.
* 26 April 1803 - meteorite falls
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.
Twin towns – sister cities
L'Aigle is twinned with:Aigle
, neighboring_municipalities= Vaud: Yvorne, Leysin, Ormont-Dessous, Ollon; Valais: Vouvry, Collombey-Muraz
, twintowns = L'Aigle (France), Tübingen (Germany), Bassersdorf (Switzerland)
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Aigle ( French for "eagle", ; frp, Âgllo) is ...
, Switzerland
* Clausthal-Zellerfeld
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, Germany
* Spišská Nová Ves
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, Slovakia
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 intercommunalities (as of 2020):[L'Aigle station
L'Aigle station ( French: ''Gare de L'Aigle'') is a railway station serving the town L'Aigle, Orne department, northwestern France.
Services
The station is served by regional trains to Argentan, Paris
Paris () is the Capital city, capi ...]
* L'Aigle family The l'Aigle family was a Norman family that derived from the town of L'Aigle, on the southeastern borders of the Duchy of Normandy. They first appear during the rule of Duke Richard II of Normandy, in the early 11th century, and they would hold L'A ...
References
Communes of Orne
Meteorite falls
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