Putanges-Pont-Écrepin

Putanges-Pont-Écrepin (French pronunciation: [pytɑ̃ʒ pɔ̃.t‿ekʁəpɛ̃] ^ⓘ) is a village and a former commune in the Orne département of north-western France. On 1 January 2016, it was merged into the new commune of Putanges-le-Lac.^[2]

Putanges-Pont-Écrepin
Part of Putanges-le-Lac
Location of Putanges-Pont-Écrepin
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Coordinates: 48°45′52″N 0°14′45″W
Country	France
Region	Normandy
Department	Orne
Arrondissement	Argentan
Canton	Athis-de-l'Orne
Commune	Putanges-le-Lac
Area 1	10.12 km2 (3.91 sq mi)
Population  (2022)[1]	980
• Density	97/km2 (250/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal code	61210
Elevation	121–241 m (397–791 ft) (avg. 137 m or 449 ft)
Website	www.ville-putanges.fr
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

The former commune is part of the area known as Suisse Normande.^[3]

Heraldry

Arms of Putanges-Pont-Écrepin

The arms of Putanges-Pont-Écrepin are blazoned : Or, a lion vert, armed, langued and crowned argent, standing on a 3-arched bridge sable masoned argent, issuant from a base engrailed (river) azure.

See also

• Communes of the Orne department