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 north-western ]France
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Geography
The commune is made up of the following collection of villages and hamlets, Le Bisson, L'Abbaye and Lignou.Rouvre
The Rouvre is a river in Normandy, in the Orne département, a tributary of the river Orne. It is long.
The river's source is in the commune of Beauvain, a few kilometres to the east of La Ferté-Macé. After crossing the Pays d'Houlme, it tu ...
and 4 streams, the Lange, Roussieres, Fief Benoit & the Arthan.
Notable buildings and places
National heritage sites
*Château de Lignou a 16th Century Chateau in Lignou registered as a Monument historique
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in 1973.
Population
See also
*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):
References
Communes of Orne
Monuments historiques of Orne
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