Saint-Quentin-les-Chardonnets

For homonymy, see Saint-Quentin.

Saint-Quentin-les-Chardonnets (French pronunciation: [sɛ̃ kɑ̃tɛ̃ le ʃaʁdɔnɛ] ^ⓘ) is a commune in the Orne department in north-western France.^[3]

Saint-Quentin-les-Chardonnets
Commune
The church in Saint-Quentin-les-Chardonnets
Location of Saint-Quentin-les-Chardonnets
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Coordinates: 48°47′07″N 0°45′28″W
Country	France
Region	Normandy
Department	Orne
Arrondissement	Argentan
Canton	Domfront en Poiraie
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Sébastien Chrétien[1]
Area 1	9 km2 (3 sq mi)
Population  (2022)[2]	317
• Density	35/km2 (91/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	61451 /61800
Elevation	152–286 m (499–938 ft) (avg. 220 m or 720 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Notable People

• Jean-Baptiste Quéruel (1779 -1845) the inventor of the method for industrial production of sugar from beet was born here.^[4]

See also

• Communes of the Orne department