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 ]Normandy
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in northwestern France
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. Before 1961, the commune was known as ''Laigle''. According to Orderic Vitalis
Orderic Vitalis ( la, Ordericus Vitalis; 16 February 1075 – ) was an English chronicler and Benedictine monk who wrote one of the great contemporary chronicles of 11th- and 12th-century Normandy and Anglo-Norman England. Modern historia ...
, the nest of an eagle
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(''aigle'' in French
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) was discovered during the construction of the castle.
The river Risle
The Risle (; less common: ''Rille'') is a long river in Normandy, left tributary of the Seine.
The river begins in the Orne department west of L'Aigle, crosses the western part of the department of Eure flowing from south to north and out i ...
flows through the commune. L'Aigle station
L'Aigle station (French: ''Gare de L'Aigle'') is a railway station serving the town L'Aigle, Orne department, northwestern France.
Services
The station is served by regional trains to Argentan
Argentan () is a commune and the seat of two ...
has rail connections to Argentan, Paris and Granville.
Meteorite
On 26 April 1803 a meteoroid entered the Earth's atmosphere and air burst
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over L'Aigle.
Population
Heraldry
Events
* 8 January 1354 : Assassination
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of the constable
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of France
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, Charles d'Espagne, by men of Charles the Bad
Charles II (10 October 1332 – 1 January 1387), called Charles the Bad, was King of Navarre 1349–1387 and Count of Évreux 1343–1387.
Besides the Pyrenean Kingdom of Navarre, Charles had extensive lands in Normandy, inherited from his father ...
, king of Navarre
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.
* 26 April 1803 - meteorite falls.
Twin towns – sister cities
L'Aigle is twinned with:Aigle
, neighboring_municipalities= Vaud: Yvorne, Leysin, Ormont-Dessous, Ollon; Valais: Vouvry, Collombey-Muraz
, twintowns = L'Aigle (France), Tübingen (Germany), Bassersdorf (Switzerland)
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Aigle (French for " eagle", ; frp, Âgllo) is ...
, Switzerland
* Clausthal-Zellerfeld
Clausthal-Zellerfeld is a town in Lower Saxony, Germany. It is located in the southwestern part of the Harz mountains. Its population is approximately 15,000. The City is the location of the Clausthal University of Technology. The health r ...
, Germany
* Spišská Nová Ves
Spišská Nová Ves (; hu, Igló; german: (Zipser) Neu(en)dorf) is a town in the Košice Region of Slovakia. The town is located southeast of the High Tatras in the Spiš region, and lies on both banks of the Hornád River. It is the biggest t ...
, Slovakia
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):[L'Aigle station
L'Aigle station (French: ''Gare de L'Aigle'') is a railway station serving the town L'Aigle, Orne department, northwestern France.
Services
The station is served by regional trains to Argentan
Argentan () is a commune and the seat of two ...]
* L'Aigle family The l'Aigle family was a Norman family that derived from the town of L'Aigle, on the southeastern borders of the Duchy of Normandy. They first appear during the rule of Duke Richard II of Normandy, in the early 11th century, and they would hold L ...
References
Communes of Orne
Meteorite falls
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