Courtomer () is a

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in 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.department in north-western

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Points of interest

National heritage sites

*Château et temple protestant seventeenth centaury

Protestant Protestantism is a branch of Christianity that follows the theological tenets of the Protestant Reformation, a movement that began seeking to reform the Catholic Church from within in the 16th century against what its followers perceived to b ...

temple, that was registered as a Monument historique 1967.

Notable people

Alain Corbin Alain Corbin (born January 12, 1936 in Lonlay-l'Abbaye) is a French historian. He is a specialist of the 19th century in France and in microhistory. Trained in the Annales School, Corbin's work has moved away from the large-scale collective stru ...

(born 1936) - is a French historian who was born here.

Heraldry

Twin towns – sister cities

Courtomer, along with Sainte-Gauburge-Sainte-Colombe and

Moulins-la-Marche Moulins-la-Marche is a commune in the Orne department in north-western France. Heraldry See also *Communes of the Orne department The following is a list of the 385 communes of the Orne department of France. The communes cooperate in the f ...

is twinned with: * Schmitten, Germany