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 ]France
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Geography
The commune is made up of the following collection of villages and hamlets, Fresnaye,La Londe,Vorché and Bailleul.
Notable buildings and places
*Castle Mound of Bailleul is an oval mound from an 11th-century castle that used to exist here.
File:FranceNormandieBailleulEglise.jpg, Bailleul Church
File:Monument aux morts de Bailleul (3).jpg, Monument for the dead of Bailleul
Population
Notable People
*Edmond Le Bœuf
Edmond Leboeuf (5 December 1809 – 7 June 1888) was a marshal of France. He joined the French army as an artillery officer. He fought in Algeria, the Crimean War (1853–1856) and the Italian War of 1859. In 1869 he became minister of war and in ...
- (1809 – 1888) a marshal of France
Marshal of France (, plural ') is a French military distinction, rather than a military rank, that is awarded to General officer, generals for exceptional achievements. The title has been awarded since 1185, though briefly abolished (1793–1804) ...
died and is buried here.Roussel de Bailleul
Roussel de Bailleul (died 1077), also known as ''Phrangopoulos'' () and ''Norman Chief Roussel'' (lit.), or in the anglicized form Russell Balliol was a Norman adventurer (or exile) who travelled to Byzantium and was a soldier under the Emperor ...
(died 1077), Norman mercenary.
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
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