Gacé

For other uses, see Gace (disambiguation).

Gacé (French pronunciation: [ɡase] ^ⓘ) is a commune in the Orne department in Lower-Normandy, north-western France. The commune is part of the area known as Pays d'Auge.^[3]

Gacé
Commune
Gacé Castle (fr. Château de Gacé)
Location of Gacé
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Coordinates: 48°47′38″N 0°17′52″E
Country	France
Region	Normandy
Department	Orne
Arrondissement	Mortagne-au-Perche
Canton	Vimoutiers
Intercommunality	Vallées d'Auge et du Merlerault
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Jean Grimbert[1]
Area 1	6.5 km2 (2.5 sq mi)
Population  (2022)[2]	1,771
• Density	270/km2 (710/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	61181 /61230
Elevation	179–316 m (587–1,037 ft) (avg. 186 m or 610 ft)
Website	www.gace.fr
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 is made up of the following collection of villages and hamlets, La Chapelle Mongenouil and Gacé.^[4]

The Commune is one of 27 communes that make up the Natura 2000 protected area of Bocages et vergers du sud Pays d'Auge.^[5]

The commune has one river, The Touques and a single stream, the Bouillant running through its borders.

Population

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1968	2,170	—
1975	2,397	+1.43%
1982	2,192	−1.27%
1990	2,247	+0.31%
1999	2,041	−1.06%
2007	2,110	+0.42%
2012	2,031	−0.76%
2017	1,861	−1.73%
Source: INSEE[6]

Notable buildings and places

• Gacé museum a museum based at Chateau à Gacé that shows a collection of 2,500 minerals, fossils and meteorites.^[7]
• The Lady of the Camellias Museum based at the Chateau à Gacé is a museum dedicated to the life of Marie Duplessis.^[8]

National heritage sites

• Château à Gacé a 14th century chateau listed as a monument in 1968.^[9]

Notable people

• Foulques du Merle - (1239 - 1314) was Seigneur of Gacé and Bellou-en-Houlme, and Baron of Le Merlerault, Briouze and Messei.^[10]
• Charles Auguste de Goÿon (1647-1729), a French diplomat and soldier who was the Count of Gacé.^[11]

Heraldry

Arms of Gacé

The arms of Gacé are blazoned: Argent, a lion gules, crowned Or, langued azure.

Administration

City Hall in the Castle

Twin towns

See also: List of twin towns and sister cities in France

• Kinross, Perth & Kinross, Scotland^[12]

See also

• Communes of the Orne department
• Château de Gacé