Aunou-le-Faucon
Aunou-le-Faucon | |
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The English Tower in Aunou-le-Faucon | |
Location of Aunou-le-Faucon | |
Aunou-le-Faucon Aunou-le-Faucon | |
| Coordinates: 48°43′50″N 0°02′25″E / 48.7306°N 0.0403°E | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Normandy |
| Department | Orne |
| Arrondissement | Argentan |
| Canton | Argentan-1 |
| Intercommunality | Terres d'Argentan Interco |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2020–2026) | Cécile Dupont[1] |
Area 1 | 6.69 km2 (2.58 sq mi) |
| Population (2022)[2] | 247 |
| • Density | 37/km2 (96/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 61014 /61200 |
| Elevation | 154–200 m (505–656 ft) (avg. 160 m or 520 ft) |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
Aunou-le-Faucon (French pronunciation: [onu lə fokɔ̃] ⓘ) is a commune in the Orne department of Normandy in northwestern France.
Geography
The commune of is made up of the following villages and hamlets, Le Port d'Aunou, Le Moulin, Le Monthart and Aunou-le-Faucon.[3]
Aunou-le-Faucon along with another 65 communes is part of a 20,593 hectare, Natura 2000 conservation area, called the Haute vallée de l'Orne et affluents.[4]
Aunou-le-Faucon has 3 water courses running through it, The Orne plus two streams the Noës and Rogneux.[5]
Population
| Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
|---|---|---|
| 1968 | 206 | — |
| 1975 | 192 | −1.00% |
| 1982 | 208 | +1.15% |
| 1990 | 260 | +2.83% |
| 1999 | 243 | −0.75% |
| 2009 | 273 | +1.17% |
| 2014 | 227 | −3.62% |
| 2020 | 248 | +1.49% |
| Source: INSEE[6] | ||
Places of interest
National heritage sites
Tour aux Anglais – a 14th-century building listed as a Monument historique in 1981[7]
In popular culture
Aunou-le-Faucon featured as a fief - originally owned by Robert de Thibouville, the father of Marguerite de Carrouges - at the center of a dispute between Jean de Carrouges, the husband of Marguerite, and Jacques le Gris, the favorite of their liege-lord, Peter II, Count of Alençon, in the 2021 film The Last Duel, directed by Ridley Scott.[8]
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 "Aunou-le-Faucon · France". Aunou-le-Faucon · France.
- ^ "INPN - FSD Natura 2000 - FR2500099 - Haute vallée de l'Orne et affluents - Description".
- ^ Sandre. "Fiche cours d'eau - L'Orne (I2--0200)".
- ^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE
- ^ "Ancien manoir dit Tour aux Anglais à Aunou-le-Faucon - PA00110734". monumentum.fr.
- ^ Holzwarth, Larry. "The True Story of The Last Duel and Judicial Combat". History Collection. Retrieved 19 September 2023.