Cerisé

This article is about the commune in France. For other, see Cerise (disambiguation).

Cerisé (French pronunciation: [səʁize] ^ⓘ) is a commune in the Orne department in north-western France.

Cerisé
Commune
The church in Cerisé
Location of Cerisé
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Coordinates: 48°26′30″N 0°07′43″E
Country	France
Region	Normandy
Department	Orne
Arrondissement	Alençon
Canton	Alençon-1
Intercommunality	CU d'Alençon
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Patrick Cousin[1]
Area 1	4.42 km2 (1.71 sq mi)
Population  (2021)	862
• Density	195/km2 (505/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	61077 /61000
Elevation	130–147 m (427–482 ft) (avg. 142 m or 466 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 32 communes is part of a 3,503 hectare, Natura 2000 conservation area, called the Haute vallée de la Sarthe.^[2]

Points of Interest

• Aérodrome d'Alençon - Valframbert is an Aerodrome within the commune which is also shared with neighbouring communes of Valframbert and Alençon that opened in 1936.^[3][4] Its IATA airport code is XAN and its ICAO airport code is LFOF.^[5]

National heritage sites

• Saint-Germain Church is a 12th century church, which was made a Monument historique in 2001.^[6]

See also

• Communes of the Orne department