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 The town hall in Écouves | |
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| Coordinates: 48°30′07″N 0°06′18″E / 48.502°N 0.105°E | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Normandy |
| Department | Orne |
| Arrondissement | Alençon |
| Canton | Écouves |
| Intercommunality | CU Alençon |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2020–2026) | Alain Meyer [1] |
| Area 1 | 36.40 km2 (14.05 sq mi) |
| Population (2021)
[2] | 1,664 |
| • Density | 46/km2 (120/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 ( CET) |
| • Summer ( DST) | UTC+02:00 ( CEST) |
| INSEE/Postal code |
61341 /61250 |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
Écouves (French pronunciation: [ekuv]) is a commune in the department of Orne, northwestern France. The municipality was established on 1 January 2016 by merger of the former communes of Forges, Radon (the seat) and Vingt-Hanaps. [3] It takes its name from the nearby Forêt d'Écouves.
Points of interest
National heritage sites
- Markers of Forêt d'Écouves a set of 80 markers positioned in the 18th century that mark the boundaries of the forest, they were registered as a Monument historique in 1987. [4]
Notable People
- Paul Le Flem (1881 – 1984) a French composer and music critic was born here in Radon. [5]
See also
References
Wikimedia Commons has media related to
Écouves.
- ^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 13 September 2022.
- ^ "Populations légales 2021" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
- ^ Arrêté préfectoral 29 September 2015 (in French)
- ^ "80 bornes de la forêt d'Ecouves (également sur communes de Le Bouillon, La Chapelle-près-Sées, La Ferrière-Béchet, Fontenai-les-Louvets, La Lande-de-Goult, Radon, Rouperroux, Saint-Didier-sous-Ecouves, Saint-Gervais-du-Perron, Tanville et Vingt-Hanap..." monumentum.fr.
- ^ "Paul Le Flem | Soundtrack". IMDb.
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Ecouves)
Écouves | |
|---|---|
|
The town hall in Écouves | |
Écouves Écouves | |
| Coordinates: 48°30′07″N 0°06′18″E / 48.502°N 0.105°E | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Normandy |
| Department | Orne |
| Arrondissement | Alençon |
| Canton | Écouves |
| Intercommunality | CU Alençon |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2020–2026) | Alain Meyer [1] |
| Area 1 | 36.40 km2 (14.05 sq mi) |
| Population (2021)
[2] | 1,664 |
| • Density | 46/km2 (120/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 ( CET) |
| • Summer ( DST) | UTC+02:00 ( CEST) |
| INSEE/Postal code |
61341 /61250 |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
Écouves (French pronunciation: [ekuv]) is a commune in the department of Orne, northwestern France. The municipality was established on 1 January 2016 by merger of the former communes of Forges, Radon (the seat) and Vingt-Hanaps. [3] It takes its name from the nearby Forêt d'Écouves.
Points of interest
National heritage sites
- Markers of Forêt d'Écouves a set of 80 markers positioned in the 18th century that mark the boundaries of the forest, they were registered as a Monument historique in 1987. [4]
Notable People
- Paul Le Flem (1881 – 1984) a French composer and music critic was born here in Radon. [5]
See also
References
Wikimedia Commons has media related to
Écouves.
- ^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 13 September 2022.
- ^ "Populations légales 2021" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
- ^ Arrêté préfectoral 29 September 2015 (in French)
- ^ "80 bornes de la forêt d'Ecouves (également sur communes de Le Bouillon, La Chapelle-près-Sées, La Ferrière-Béchet, Fontenai-les-Louvets, La Lande-de-Goult, Radon, Rouperroux, Saint-Didier-sous-Ecouves, Saint-Gervais-du-Perron, Tanville et Vingt-Hanap..." monumentum.fr.
- ^ "Paul Le Flem | Soundtrack". IMDb.
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