Les Genettes

Les Genettes (French pronunciation: [le ʒənɛt] ^ⓘ) is a commune in the Orne department in north-western France.

Les Genettes
Commune
Coat of arms
Location of Les Genettes
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Coordinates: 48°39′55″N 0°34′08″E
Country	France
Region	Normandy
Department	Orne
Arrondissement	Mortagne-au-Perche
Canton	Tourouvre au Perche
Intercommunality	Pays de L'Aigle
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Gilbert Matelot[1]
Area 1	6.54 km2 (2.53 sq mi)
Population  (2021)[2]	173
• Density	26/km2 (69/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	61187 /61270
Elevation	219–283 m (719–928 ft) (avg. 255 m or 837 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Geography

The Commune along with another 70 communes shares part of a 47,681 hectare, Natura 2000 conservation area, called the Forêts et étangs du Perche.^[3]

Notable People

• Loïk Le Floch-Prigent (born 1943), was CEO of Elf Aquitaine between July 1989 and 1993 during which time he purchased the Château des Genettes, which was later questioned as part of the Elf Aquitaine fraud scandal investigation.^[4]

See also

• Communes of the Orne department

References

1. "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 13 September 2022.
2. "Populations légales 2021" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
3. "INPN - FSD Natura 2000 - FR2512004 - Forêts et étangs du Perche - Description".
4. LASKE, Karl. "Elf, le deballage des cadeaux". Libération.