| Orne | |
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| Coat of arms of the Orne department | |
| Location | |
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| Administration | |
| Department number: | 61 |
| Region: | Basse-Normandie |
| Prefecture: | Alençon |
| Subprefectures: | Argentan Mortagne-au-Perche |
| Arrondissements: | 3 |
| Cantons: | 40 |
| Communes: | 505 |
| President of the General Council: | Alain Lambert UMP |
| Statistics | |
| Population | Ranked 73rd |
| -1999 | 292,337 |
| Population density: | 48/km² |
| Land area¹: | 6103 km² |
| ¹ French Land Register data, which exclude estuaries, and lakes, ponds, and glaciers larger than 1 km². The term administration, as used in the context of Government, differs according to Jurisdiction. In the context of the political and geographic organization of France and many of its former colonies a department (département depaʁtǝmɑ̃ is an Administrative division France is divided into 26 regions or régions (in French of which 21 are in continental Metropolitan France, one is the island of Corsica, Basse-Normandie ('Lower Normandy' is an administrative region of France. A prefecture ( préfecture) in France can refer to: the Chef-lieu de département, the town in which the administration of a ''département'' Alençon is a town and commune in Normandy, France, préfecture (capital of the Orne department. Subprefectures (sous-préfectures are the administrative towns of arrondissements in France that do not contain the prefecture for its department. Argentan is a commune, and the capital of two cantons and of an arrondissement of the Orne department in northwestern France Mortagne-au-Perche is a commune of the Orne département, in the Low-Normandy area of France. The 100 French departments are divided into 342 arrondissements, which may be translated into English as districts. The 3 arrondissements of the Orne department are Arrondissement of Alençon, ( prefecture of the Orne department The cantons of France are territorial subdivisions of the French Republic's 341 arrondissements and 100 departments. The following is a list of the 40 cantons of the Orne department, in France, sorted by arrondissement: Arrondissement The commune is the lowest level of administrative division in the French Republic. The following is a list of the 505 communes of the Orne département, in France. In France, the President of the General Council (French Président du conseil général) is the locally-elected head of the General Council, the assembly Alain Lambert (born in Alençon, on July 20, 1946) is a French Politician. As of January 1, 2008, 64473140 people live in the French Republic. To help compare Orders of magnitude of different geographical regions we list here areas between 1000 km2 and 10000 km2 An estuary is a semi-enclosed Coastal body of Water with one or more Rivers or Streams flowing into it and with a free connection to the open | |
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Orne is a department in the northwest of France named after the Orne River. In the context of the political and geographic organization of France and many of its former colonies a department (département depaʁtǝmɑ̃ is an Administrative division This article is about the country For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic France topics. The Orne is a River in Normandy, within northwestern France. It discharges into the English Channel at the port of Ouistreham.
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History
Orne is one of the original 83 departments created during the French Revolution on March 4, 1790. The French Revolution (1789–1799 was a period of political and social upheaval in the History of France, during which the French governmental structure previously an Events 51 - Nero, later to become Roman Emperor, is given the title Princeps iuventutis (head of the youth Year 1790 ( MDCCXC) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year It was created from parts of the former provinces of Normandie and Perche. The Kingdom of France was organised into Provinces until March 4, 1790, when the establishment of the département Normandy (Normandie Norman: Normaundie) is a geographical region corresponding to the former Duchy of Normandy. Perche is a former province of northern France extending over the départements of Orne, Eure, Eure-et-Loir and
Geography
Orne is in the current region of Basse-Normandie and is surrounded by the departments of Eure, Eure-et-Loir, Sarthe, Mayenne, and Calvados; it is the only department of Basse Normandie and Haute Normandie to be landlocked. France is divided into 26 regions or régions (in French of which 21 are in continental Metropolitan France, one is the island of Corsica, Basse-Normandie ('Lower Normandy' is an administrative region of France. Eure is a department in the north of France named after the Eure River. Eure-et-Loir is a French department, named after the Eure and Loir rivers Sarthe (saʁt is a French department, named after the Sarthe River. Mayenne (majɛn is a department in northwest France named after the Mayenne River. The French department of Calvados forms part of the region of Basse-Normandie in Normandy.
Demographics
The inhabitants of the department are called Ornais.
Culture
Camembert, the village where Camembert cheese was first made, is located in Orne. Camembert is a commune located in the Orne département of the Basse-Normandie région in France. Camembert is a soft creamy French Cheese. It was first made in the late 18th century in Normandy in northwestern France.
The local dialect is known as Augeron
See also
- Cantons of the Orne department
- Communes of the Orne department
- Arrondissements of the Orne department
- Orne River
- St. Andre sur Orne
External links
- (French) Prefecture website
- (French) General Council website
- (English) Orne at the Open Directory Project
- (English) Orne Tourism
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