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Écorches () is a commune in the
Orne
Orne (; 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 northwestern
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France
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.
Geography
The commune is made up of the following collection of villages and hamlets, Le Hameau Perré, Les Lignerits, Le Moncel and Écorches. The commune has the River Viette running through it and a single stream the Secqueville.Notable buildings and places
National heritage sites
Church of Saint-Saturnin-des-Ligneries a 13th century church classified as aMonument historique
() is a designation given to some national heritage sites in France. It may also refer to the state procedure in France by which national heritage protection is extended to a building, a specific part of a building, a collection of buildings, ...
in 1948.
Notable people
*Gilles de Caux de Montlebert
Gilles de Caux de Montlebert, (c.1682, Ligneries – 17 September 1733, Bayeux) was an 18th-century French poet and playwright from Normandy.
A descendant of Pierre Corneille
Pierre Corneille (; ; 6 June 1606 – 1 October 1684) was a Fren ...
(1682 - 1733) an 18th-century French poet and playwright was born here.
*André Mare
Charles André Mare (1885–1932), or André-Charles Mare, was a French painter and textile designer, and co-founder of the Company of French Art (''la Compagnie des Arts Français'') in 1919. He was a designer of colorful textiles, and was one o ...
(1885 -1932) is buried at the Church of Saint-Saturnin-des-Ligneries.
See also
*Communes of the Orne department
The following is a list of the 381 communes of the Orne department of France.
The communes cooperate in the following intercommunalities (as of 2025):
References
Communes of Orne Monuments historiques of Orne {{Argentan-geo-stub