Nonant-le-Pin

Nonant-le-Pin (French pronunciation: [nɔnɑ̃ lə pɛ̃] ^ⓘ) is a former commune in the Orne department in north-western France. On 1 January 2025, it was merged into the new commune of Merlerault-le-Pin.^[2]

Nonant-le-Pin
Part of Merlerault-le-Pin
The railway station in Nonant-le-Pin
Location of Nonant-le-Pin
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Coordinates: 48°42′26″N 0°13′18″E
Country	France
Region	Normandy
Department	Orne
Arrondissement	Mortagne-au-Perche
Canton	Rai
Commune	Merlerault-le-Pin
Area 1	18.44 km2 (7.12 sq mi)
Population  (2022)[1]	411
• Density	22/km2 (58/sq mi)
Demonym	Nonantais
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal code	61240
Elevation	180–251 m (591–823 ft) (avg. 199 m or 653 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 is made up of the following collection of villages and hamlets, La Butte,La Reboursière, La Chauvinière, Les Terres Noires,Les Mandrettes and Nonant-le-Pin.^[3]

The former Commune is within the Natura 2000 protected area of Bocages et vergers du sud Pays d'Auge.^[4]

The former commune is part of a 20,593 hectare, Natura 2000 conservation area, called the Haute vallée de l'Orne et affluents.^[5]

Nonant-le-Pin has 2 rivers that run through it, the Dieuge and the Ure.

Notable people

• Charles-Paul Landon (1760 - 1826), a French painter and popular writer on art and artists, was born here.^[6]
• Marie Duplessis (1824-1847), a French courtesan and mistress to a number of prominent and wealthy men was born here.^[7] She was the inspiration for Marguerite Gautier, the main character of the 1848 novel The Lady of the Camellias.^[8]

See also

• Communes of the Orne department

Notable residents

• Marie Duplessis