Orne
Orne (; 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 northwestern
France
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.
Geography
The commune is part of the area known as Suisse Normande.
The commune is made up of the following collection of villages and hamlets, Cambercourt,Les Oiseaux, Les Cours,Le Hamel, La Trollière, Le Fang, Vervent and Berjou.
The Commune with another 20 communes shares part of a 2,115 hectare,
Natura 2000
Natura 2000 is a network of nature protection areas in the territory of the European Union. It is made up of Special Areas of Conservation and Special Protection Areas designated under the Habitats Directive and the Birds Directive, respectiv ...
conservation area, called the
Vallée de l'Orne et ses affluents Vallée de l'Orne et ses affluents translated as Orne Valley and tributaries is a Natura 2000 conservation area that is 2,115 hectares in size.
Geography
The area is focused on Orne and 3 of its main tributaries, the laize, the Noireau and the Ro ...
.
The commune has the river
Noireau
The Noireau is a river in northwestern France, crossing the departments of Orne and Calvados (department), Calvados. It is 43.26 km long. Its source is in Saint-Christophe-de-Chaulieu, and it flows into the river Orne (river), Orne on the bor ...
running through it.
Population
Places of interest
*Museum of the liberation of Berjou was opened in 2011 and retraces the fighting of August 15, 16 and 17, 1944 around the River Noireau as part of the
battle of the Falaise pocket
The Falaise pocket or battle of the Falaise pocket (; 12–21 August 1944) was the decisive engagement of the Battle of Normandy in the Second World War. Allied forces formed a pocket around Falaise, Calvados, in which German Army Group B, cons ...
.
See also
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Communes of the Orne department
The following is a list of the 381 communes of the Orne department of France.
The communes cooperate in the following intercommunalities (as of 2025):