Sainte-Croix-sur-Orne (, literally ''Sainte-Croix on

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.commune 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 Department may refer to: * Departmentalization, division of a larger organization into parts with specific responsibility Government and military *Department (administrative division), a geographical and administrative division within a country, ...

in north-western France. On 1 January 2016, it was merged into the new commune of Putanges-le-Lac.Arrêté préfectoral
26 November 2015 The 18th-century military, playwright and physician

Guillaume-René Lefébure Guillaume-René Lefébure, baron de Saint-Ildephont (25 September 1744 – 27 July 1809) was an 18th–19th-century French military, historian, physician, political writer and man of letters. Biography The son of a nobleman, Lefébure de Saint ...

(1744–1806) was born in Sainte-Croix-sur-Orne.

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