Écouves () is a
commune in the
department of
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.[France
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. The municipality was established on 1 January 2016 by merger of the former communes of
Forges,
Radon
Radon is a chemical element; it has symbol Rn and atomic number 86. It is a radioactive noble gas and is colorless and odorless. Of the three naturally occurring radon isotopes, only Rn has a sufficiently long half-life (3.825 days) for it to b ...
(the seat) and
Vingt-Hanaps. It takes its name from the nearby
Forêt d'Écouves.
Points of interest
National heritage sites
*Markers of Forêt d'Écouves a set of 80 markers positioned in the 18th century that mark the boundaries of the forest, they were registered as a
Monument historique in 1987.
Notable People
*
Paul Le Flem (1881 – 1984) a French
composer
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and
music critic
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was born here in
Radon
Radon is a chemical element; it has symbol Rn and atomic number 86. It is a radioactive noble gas and is colorless and odorless. Of the three naturally occurring radon isotopes, only Rn has a sufficiently long half-life (3.825 days) for it to b ...
.
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
Populated places established in 2016
2016 establishments in France
Monuments historiques of Orne
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