Sainte-Marguerite-de-Carrouges (, literally ''Sainte-Marguerite of
Carrouges
Carrouges () is a commune in the Orne department in north-western France.
The inhabitants are known as ''Carrougiens'' and ''Carrougiennes''.commune
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Administrative-territorial entities
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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
France
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. As of 2019, the commune had a total population of 223 residents.
The commune is named for
Marguerite de Carrouges
Marguerite de Carrouges ( née de Thibouville; 1362, Château de Fontaine-la-Soret (Eure) – c. 1419) was a French noblewoman.
She married Jean de Carrouges in 1380.
Family and marriage
She was the only daughter of Jeanne de Bois Héroult and ...
(née de Thibouville; 1362, Château de
Fontaine-la-Soret
Fontaine-la-Soret () is a former commune in the Eure department in the Normandy region in northern France. On 1 January 2017, it was merged into the new commune Nassandres sur Risle.Eure.
Normandy
Normandy (; french: link=no, Normandie ; nrf, Normaundie, Nouormandie ; from Old French , plural of ''Normant'', originally from the word for "northman" in several Scandinavian languages) is a geographical and cultural region in Northwestern ...
– c. 1419), a French noblewoman and the wife of Sir
Jean de Carrouges
Sir Jean de Carrouges IV (c. 1330s – 25 September 1396) was a French knight who governed estates in Normandy as a vassal of Count Pierre d'Alençon and who served under Admiral Jean de Vienne in several campaigns against the Kingdom of Engl ...
,
Viscount
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In many countries a viscount, and its historical equivalents, was a non-hereditary, administrative or judicia ...
of
Bellême
Bellême () is a commune in the Orne department in northwestern France. The musicologist Guillaume André Villoteau (1759–1839) was born in Bellême, as was Aristide Boucicaut (1810-1877), owner of ''Le'' ''Bon Marché'', the world's first de ...
(c. 1330s,
Carrouges
Carrouges () is a commune in the Orne department in north-western France.
The inhabitants are known as ''Carrougiens'' and ''Carrougiennes''.Normandy
Normandy (; french: link=no, Normandie ; nrf, Normaundie, Nouormandie ; from Old French , plural of ''Normant'', originally from the word for "northman" in several Scandinavian languages) is a geographical and cultural region in Northwestern ...
– 25 September 1396,
Nicopolis
Nicopolis ( grc-gre, Νικόπολις, Nikópolis, City of Victory) or Actia Nicopolis was the capital city of the Roman province of Epirus Vetus. It was located in the western part of the modern state of Greece. The city was founded in 29 ...
,
Ottoman Empire
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).
Geography
The commune is made up of the following collection of villages and hamlets, L'Aubesniére, Le Grand Chandon, La Bissonnière, La Blanchardière, La Bommerie, L'Être Gautier, L'Être Blanchet, Ste Marguerite Carrouges, L'Être Chapelle and Sainte-Marguerite-de-Carrouges.
It is in size. The highest point in the commune is .
The commune is within the Normandie-Maine Regional Natural Park.
The commune has one river, the Udon, with three streams, Grand Pied, Moulin de Besnard and Coupigny, which are the only watercourses flowing through its borders.
Notable buildings and places
National heritage sites
Sainte-Marguerite-de-Carrouges Church a 12th centaury church, which was classified as a Monument historique in 1978.
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):Parc naturel régional Normandie-Maine
Normandie-Maine Regional Natural Park ( Fr.: ''Parc naturel régional Normandie-Maine'') is a protected area of forest and bocage located in the French regions of Normandy and Pays de la Loire.
Geography
Spanning the departments of Orne, Manch ...