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 north-western
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Geography
The commune is made up of the following collection of villages and hamlets, Le Bois de Pointel, Le Chênay, Pointel, L'Anglêcherie, Le Bois Jean and La Bourdonnière.
It is in size. The highest point in the commune is .
The commune has seven watercourses running through it, the rivers
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 the Val du Breuil, plus five streams. The five streams are known as the Roussieres, the Arthan, the Vaux, the Lange and la Source Philippe.
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):