Trun () is a 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.département In the administrative divisions of France, the department (, ) is one of the three levels of government under the national level (" territorial collectivities"), between the administrative regions and the communes. There are a total of 101 ...

and the region of

Normandy Normandy (; or ) is a geographical and cultural region in northwestern Europe, roughly coextensive with the historical Duchy of Normandy. Normandy comprises Normandy (administrative region), mainland Normandy (a part of France) and insular N ...

in north-western

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Geography

The commune is made up of the following collection of villages and hamlets, Magny, Le Ménil Girard and Trun. The commune is spread over an area of with a maximum altitude of and minimum of The commune is part of the area known as

Pays d'Auge The Pays d'Auge (, literally ''Land of Auge'') is an area in Normandy, straddling the '' départements'' of Calvados and Orne (plus a small part of the territory of Eure). The chief town is Lisieux. Geography Generally it consists of the basin ...

. The commune has the

River Dives The Dives (; also ''Dive'') is a 105 km long river in the Pays d'Auge, Normandy, France. It flows into the English Channel in Cabourg. The source of the Dives is near Exmes, in the Orne department. The Dives flows generally north through t ...

running through it and two streams Guerard & Merdret's Creek.

Land distribution

The 2018

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Land Cover assessment shows the vast majority of the land in the commune, 61% () is

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. The rest of the land is

Meadows A meadow ( ) is an open habitat or field, vegetated by grasses, herbs, and other non-woody plants. Trees or shrubs may sparsely populate meadows, as long as they maintain an open character. Meadows can occur naturally under favourable condition ...

at 28%, Urbanised land at 8% and Heterogeneous agricultural land at 3%.

Administration

Population

Economy

* Heller SA, manufacturer of plastic

scale model A scale model is a physical model that is geometrically similar to an object (known as the ''prototype''). Scale models are generally smaller than large prototypes such as vehicles, buildings, or people; but may be larger than small protot ...

kits. * Electrical

Ruins and monuments

Aerial photography has revealed the trace of a

Gallo-Roman Gallo-Roman culture was a consequence of the Romanization (cultural), Romanization of Gauls under the rule of the Roman Empire in Roman Gaul. It was characterized by the Gaulish adoption or adaptation of Roman culture, Roman culture, language ...

habitat. In the 19th century a

Merovingian dynasty The Merovingian dynasty () was the ruling family of the Franks from around the middle of the 5th century until Pepin the Short in 751. They first appear as "Kings of the Franks" in the Roman army of northern Gaul. By 509 they had united all the ...

necropolis A necropolis (: necropolises, necropoles, necropoleis, necropoli) is a large, designed cemetery with elaborate tomb monuments. The name stems from the Ancient Greek ''nekropolis'' (). The term usually implies a separate burial site at a distan ...

was discovered.

Personalities associated with Trun

* Pierre Crestey 1622–1703, religious follower of Saint

Vincent de Paul Vincent de Paul, CM (24 April 1581 – 27 September 1660), commonly known as Saint Vincent de Paul, was an Occitan French Catholic priest who dedicated himself to serving the poor. In 1622, Vincent was appointed as chaplain to the galleys. ...

Twin towns

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. File:Église et clocher.jpg, Church of Trun File:Ancien pensionnat de garçons.jpg, old boarding school for boys File:Garage Delaunay.jpg, Garage Delaunay File:Hospice de Trun.jpg, Trun Hospice

Notes and references

External links

Official site of the Commune of Trun
(in French)
Trun from times past
(in French, but mostly images) Communes of Orne {{Argentan-geo-stub