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 ]France
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Geography
The commune is made up of the following collection of villages and hamlets, Fleuriel and Fleuré.
Notable buildings and places
*Stèle Étienne Panthou is a memorial remembering where a French Resistance
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fighter, Étienne Panthou, and an unknown person were executed in June 1944.
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 following intercommunalities (as of 2020):[Château de la Motte, Joué du Plain
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References
Communes of Orne
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