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 the ]Normandy
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region
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in northwestern France
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.
Population
The inhabitants are known as ''Albins'' in French.
Points of Interest
*Musée de la Comtesse de Ségur - The museum of The Countess of Ségur is a collection of memories and documents concerning the life and work of the novelist.
National heritage sites
*Old forge site of the communes iron works since 1500. The present buildings date back to the 18th Century and were listed as a Monument historique
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in 1982. The old forge is now a museum dedicated to showing metallurgy.
Notable People
*Serge Rousseau
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- (1930 – 2007) a French film and television actor and agent was born here.
*Marcel Mule
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- (1901 – 2001) a French classical saxophonist
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was born here.
Twin towns – sister cities
Aube is twinned with:
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
Museums in Orne
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