Écouché-les-Vallées
Commune in Normandy, France From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Commune in Normandy, France From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Écouché-les-Vallées (French pronunciation: [ekuʃe le vale]) is a commune in the department of Orne, northwestern France. The municipality was established on 1 January 2016 by merger of the former communes of Batilly, La Courbe, Écouché (the seat), Loucé, Saint-Ouen-sur-Maire and Serans.[3] On 1 January 2018, the former commune of Fontenai-sur-Orne was merged into Écouché-les-Vallées.[4] It's seat, Écouché, is classed as a Petites Cités de Caractère.[5]
Écouché-les-Vallées | |
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Coordinates: 48°43′05″N 0°07′30″W | |
Country | France |
Region | Normandy |
Department | Orne |
Arrondissement | Argentan |
Canton | Magny-le-Désert |
Intercommunality | Argentan Intercom |
Government | |
• Mayor (2020–2026) | Alain Lolivier[1] |
Area 1 | 41.23 km2 (15.92 sq mi) |
Population (2021)[2] | 2,197 |
• Density | 53/km2 (140/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
INSEE/Postal code | 61153 /61150 |
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. |
The commune is made up of the following collection of villages and hamlets: La Courbe, Mesnil-Glaise, Le Haut du Château, Batilly, Treize Saints, L'Être Hubert, Saint-Ouen-sur-Maire, Serans, Écouché, Méheudin, Loucé, Noiseville, Le Hamel and Fontenai-sur-Orne.
The parts of the commune that contains Batilly and La Courbe is part of the area known as Suisse Normande.[6]
Écouché-les-Vallées along with another 69 communes is part of a 20,593 hectare, Natura 2000 conservation area, called the Haute vallée de l'Orne et affluents.[7]
The Commune has 5 rivers running through it with another 6 streams. The five rivers are the Orne, Maire, Baize, Cance and Udon.[8] The 6 streams are the Chalau, Commune, Barbottiere, Vloger and Aunais.
Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
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1968 | 2,218 | — |
1975 | 2,245 | +0.17% |
1982 | 2,291 | +0.29% |
1990 | 2,298 | +0.04% |
1999 | 2,284 | −0.07% |
2007 | 2,303 | +0.10% |
2012 | 2,218 | −0.75% |
2017 | 2,169 | −0.45% |
Source: INSEE[9] |
The Commune has 5 buildings and areas listed as a Monument historique.
The commune has a Railway station in Écouché, that was opened in 1866 and serves part of the Argentan to Granville line.[21]
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