Tourouvre

Tourouvre (French pronunciation: [tuʁuvʁ] ^ⓘ) is a former commune in the Orne department in north-western France. On 1 January 2016, it was merged into the new commune of Tourouvre au Perche.^[2]

Tourouvre
Part of Tourouvre au Perche
Saint-Aubin church
Location of Tourouvre
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Coordinates: 48°35′28″N 0°39′08″E
Country	France
Region	Normandy
Department	Orne
Arrondissement	Mortagne-au-Perche
Canton	Tourouvre (chef-lieu)
Commune	Tourouvre au Perche
Area 1	24.01 km2 (9.27 sq mi)
Population  (2022)[1]	1,490
• Density	62/km2 (160/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal code	61190
Elevation	180–304 m (591–997 ft) (avg. 236 m or 774 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

The first photovoltaic road in the world was under construction in Tourouvre in November–December 2016.^[3] It was built by Société Nouvelle Aeracem (SNA), and dedicated by the French Minister of Ecology, Ségolène Royal on 25 October 2016.^[3] In 2019, Le Monde declared the experiment a failure.^[4]

Heraldry

Arms of Tourouvre

The arms of Tourouvre are blazoned : Per fess, azure and Or, 3 ox heads Or and 3 maple leaves vert.

See also

• Communes of the Orne department
• Perche