commune
A commune is an alternative term for an intentional community. Commune or comună or comune or other derivations may also refer to:
Administrative-territorial entities
* Commune (administrative division), a municipality or township
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Orne
Orne (; nrf, Ôrne or ) is a département in the northwest of France, named after the river Orne. It had a population of 279,942 in 2019.France
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Fontenai-sur-Orne
Fontenai-sur-Orne (, literally ''Fontenai on Orne'') is a former commune in the Orne department in north-western France. On 1 January 2018, it was merged into the commune of Écouché-les-Vallées.Petites Cités de Caractère Petites Cités de Caractère is a label awarded to towns or villages that meet a set of criteria as set by the Petites Cités de Caractère de France. As of 2021 there are more than 200 communes listed as a Petites Cités de Caractère.
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Geography
The commune is made up of the following collection of villages and hamlets: La Courbe, Mesnil-Glaise, Le Haut du Château, Batilly, Treize Saints, L'Être Hubert, Saint-Ouen-sur-Maire, Serans, Écouché, Méheudin, Loucé, Noiseville, Le Hamel and Fontenai-sur-Orne.
The parts of the commune that contains Batilly and La Courbe is part of the area known as Suisse Normande.
The Commune has 5 rivers running through it with another 6 streams. The five rivers are the
Orne
Orne (; nrf, Ôrne or ) is a département in the northwest of France, named after the river Orne. It had a population of 279,942 in 2019.Arboretum in Écouché. The Garden was started in 1978 and features over 300 types of trees and ornamental shrubs.
National heritage sites
The Commune has 5 buildings and areas listed as a Monument historique.
*Lower grounds of la Courbe a barred spur from a
Protohistory
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site.
*Upper Castle grounds a
Protohistory
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site that still has remains of the ditches and embankments used for the castle.
*la Queurie Lodge a 15th century manor in La Courbe.
*Notre Dame Church a 13th century church in Ecouché.
*Loucé Church a 12th century church in Loucé.
journalist
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scholar
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born in 1871 in Ecouches.
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Elze
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since 1971.
Transport
The commune has a Railway station in Écouché, that was opened in 1866 and serves part of the Argentan to Granville line.