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 north-western
France
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.
Geography
The commune of Rônai borders Suisse Normande to the west of its borders. The commune is spread over an area of with a maximum altitude of and minimum of
Parts of the commune make up the area, the
Plaine d'Argentan The Plain d'Argentan (or Argentan Plain) is a natural region located in the center-north of the Orne department in Normandy, France. It is a cereal-growing plain surrounding the north, west, and south of the town of Argentan. The plain is bordered t ...
, which is known for its cereal growing fileds and horse stud farms.
The commune is made up of the following collection of villages and hamlets, Rônai and Pierrefitte
Land distribution
The 2018
CORINE
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Land Cover assessment shows the vast majority of the land in the commune, 63% () is
Arable land
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. The rest of the land is
Meadows
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at 15%, and or 20% is classed as Heterogeneous agricultural land.
File:Rônai lavoir.jpg,
lavoir
A lavoir (, wash-house) is a public place set aside for the washing of clothes. Communal washing places were common in Europe until industrial washing was introduced, and this process in turn was replaced by domestic washing machines and by s ...
at Rônai
File:Rônai fontaine St-Martin.jpg, St-Martin fountain at Rônai
File:Rônai église.jpg, Rônai church
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):