Tanques

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

Tanques
Commune
The town hall in Tanques
Location of Tanques
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Coordinates: 48°41′17″N 0°04′19″W
Country	France
Region	Normandy
Department	Orne
Arrondissement	Argentan
Canton	Magny-le-Désert
Intercommunality	Terres d'Argentan Interco
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Lucienne Morin[1]
Area 1	6.22 km2 (2.40 sq mi)
Population  (2022)[2]	157
• Density	25.2/km2 (65.4/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	61479 /61150
Elevation	153–234 m (502–768 ft) (avg. 163 m or 535 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, Mengné,Les Coudraies and Tanques.^[3]

The commune is within the area known as the Plaine d'Argentan, which is known for its cereal growing fields and horse stud farms.^[4]

Tanques along with another 65 communes is part of a 20,593 hectare, Natura 2000 conservation area, called the Haute vallée de l'Orne et affluents.^[5]

It is 620 hectares (2.4 sq mi) in size. The highest point in the commune is 166 metres (545 ft). The River Cance, Marais de Fleuriel stream and the Bel Usse stream flow through the commune.^[6]

Saint-Pierre Church and War memorial

See also

• Communes of the Orne department
• Château de la Motte, Joué du Plain