Écorches
Écorches | |
|---|---|
The church of Saint-Agnan in Écorches | |
Location of Écorches | |
Écorches Écorches | |
| Coordinates: 48°52′04″N 0°05′37″E / 48.8678°N 0.0936°E | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Normandy |
| Department | Orne |
| Arrondissement | Argentan |
| Canton | Argentan-2 |
| Intercommunality | Terres d'Argentan Interco |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2020–2026) | Thierry Couanon[1] |
Area 1 | 9.71 km2 (3.75 sq mi) |
| Population (2022)[2] | 104 |
| • Density | 11/km2 (28/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 61152 /61160 |
| Elevation | 102–269 m (335–883 ft) (avg. 141 m or 463 ft) |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
Écorches (French pronunciation: [ekɔʁʃ] ⓘ) is a commune in the Orne department in northwestern France.
Geography
The commune is made up of the following collection of villages and hamlets, Le Hameau Perré, Les Lignerits, Le Moncel and Écorches.[3]
The commune has the River Viette running through it and a single stream the Secqueville.
Notable buildings and places
National heritage sites
Church of Saint-Saturnin-des-Ligneries a 13th century church classified as a Monument historique in 1948.[4]
Notable people
- Gilles de Caux de Montlebert (1682 - 1733) an 18th-century French poet and playwright was born here.[5]
- André Mare (1885 -1932) is buried at the Church of Saint-Saturnin-des-Ligneries.[6]
See also
References
- ^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 2 December 2020.
- ^ "Populations de référence 2022" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 19 December 2024.
- ^ a b "Google Maps". Google Maps.
- ^ "Eglise Saint-Saturnin-des-Ligneries à Écorches - PA00110797". monumentum.fr.
- ^ Caux de Montlebert, Gilles de; La Font, Joseph de; Henault, Charles-Jean-François; Du Fresny, Charles Rivière; Longepierre, Hilaire Bernard de Roqueleyne; Chateaubrun, Jean-Baptiste Vivien de; Dancourt, Florent Carton; Le Grand, Marc-Antoine; Foigny, Abbaye de (15 July 1735). "Le nouveau théâtre françois. Tome second".
- ^ "Un tableau d'André Mare sur le mur du Sitcom ?". actu.fr. 9 April 2016.
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Écorches.