Rives d'Andaine

Rives d'Andaine (French pronunciation: [ʁiv dɑ̃dɛn]) is a commune in the department of Orne, northwestern France. The municipality was established on 1 January 2016 by merger of the former communes of La Chapelle-d'Andaine (the seat), Couterne, Geneslay and Haleine.^[3]

Rives d'Andaine
Commune
The church in La Chapelle d'Andaine
Location of Rives d'Andaine
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Coordinates: 48°31′59″N 0°28′48″W
Country	France
Region	Normandy
Department	Orne
Arrondissement	Alençon
Canton	Bagnoles de l'Orne Normandie
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Philippe Turcan[1]
Area 1	37.14 km2 (14.34 sq mi)
Population  (2021)[2]	2,924
• Density	79/km2 (200/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	61096 /61140, 61410
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Population

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1968	2,927	—
1975	2,981	+0.26%
1982	2,903	−0.38%
1990	3,049	+0.62%
1999	3,047	−0.01%
2007	3,112	+0.26%
2012	3,084	−0.18%
2017	3,054	−0.20%
Source: INSEE[4]

points of interest

• Couterne Airport also known as L'aérodrome de Bagnoles-de-l'Orne is an Aerodrome within the commune that was opened in 1965.^[5] Its ICAO airport code is LFAO.^[6] It has a hard runway of 1060 metres and a second grass runway of 1000m.^[5]

National heritage sites

The Commune has two buildings and areas listed as a Monument historique.^[7]

• Couterne flour mill built in the early 20th century this ex flour mill, now warehouse, was registered as a monument in 1995.^[8]
• Le château de Couterne 16th century Chateau, that has belonged to the same family since it was built, it was registered as a Monument historique in 1931.^[9][10]

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. Arrêté préfectoral 16 November 2015 (in French)
4. Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE
5. "A Bagnoles, l'aérodrome des Bruyères vecteur d'emplois depuis 58 ans". actu.fr. 12 March 2023.
6. "Bagnoles-de-l'Orne-Couterne - France". World Airport Codes.
7. "Les Monuments Historiques en Orne - 61". monumentum.fr.
8. "Minoterie à Rives d'Andaine - PA00135520". monumentum.fr.
9. "Château à Rives d'Andaine - PA00110788". monumentum.fr.
10. "Châtelain et ancien maire de Couterne, Edouard de Frotté est décédé". actu.fr. 25 March 2021.