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Athis-de-l'Orne is a former 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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. On 1 January 2016, it was merged into the new commune of
Athis-Val-de-Rouvre Athis-Val de Rouvre () is a commune in the department of Orne, northwestern France, the municipality was established on 1 January 2016 by merger of the former communes of Athis-de-l'Orne (the seat), Bréel, La Carneille, Notre-Dame-du-Rocher ...
. The modifier "de l'Orne" was added to the name in 1968, to distinguish it from Athis in the departement of
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and
Athis-Mons Athis-Mons () is a commune in the southern suburbs of Paris, France. It is located from the center of Paris. Inhabitants are called ''Athégiens''. A small part of Orly International Airport lies on the territory of the commune of Athis-Mon ...
in the departement of
Essonne Essonne () is a department in the southern part of the Île-de-France region in Northern France. It is named after the river Essonne. In 2019, it had a population of 1,301,659, across 194 communes.Suisse Normande. The rivers Vère and Lembron run through it. The church of St. Vigor dates from the 19th century.


Population


International relations

It has been twinned since 1980 with
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in
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, and since 1986 with Schöppenstedt in
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,
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, Germany.


Heraldry


See also

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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

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