Almenêches
Almenêches | |
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The church in Almenêches | |
Coordinates: 48°41′54″N 0°06′39″E / 48.6983°N 0.1108°E | |
Country | France |
Region | Normandy |
Department | Orne |
Arrondissement | Alençon |
Canton | Sées |
Government | |
• Mayor (2020–2026) | Paul Vinet[1] |
Area 1 | 20.27 km2 (7.83 sq mi) |
Population (2021)[2] | 645 |
• Density | 32/km2 (82/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
INSEE/Postal code | 61002 /61570 |
Elevation | 158–247 m (518–810 ft) (avg. 171 m or 561 ft) |
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. |
Almenêches (French pronunciation: [almənɛːʃ] ) is a commune in the Orne department in north-western France.[3]
Geography
[edit]The commune of is made up of the following villages and hamlets, Saint-Hippolyte, Almenêches, Fligny, La Gare, Le Mesnil, Les Champs Bouchers, Le Friche, Surônes and Les Essarts.[4]
The Commune is one of 30 communes that make up the Natura 2000 protected area of Bocages et vergers du sud Pays d'Auge.[5] The site is 21,541 hectares in size and consists of a well-preserved wooded landscape that hosts three protected beetles, the European stag beetle, the great capricorn beetle and the Hermit Beetle.[6]
Almenêches along with another 70 communes is also part of a 20,593 hectare, Natura 2000 conservation area, the Haute vallée de l'Orne et affluents.[7]
Almenêches has a total of 15 water courses running through it, three rivers The Orne, la Dieuge and Le Don.[8] The other twelve watercourses are all streams;
- la Gironde
- Fausse Rivière
- Querpont
- L'Epinet
- Noës
- Essards
- Essards
- Essarts
- Rogneux
- Calvaire
- Joncerai
- Plessis
Places of interest
[edit]National heritage sites
[edit]Almenêches church a 16th century Church that was part of Almenêches Abbey and listed as a Monument historique in 1948.[9]
Population
[edit]Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
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1968 | 615 | — |
1975 | 516 | −2.48% |
1982 | 600 | +2.18% |
1990 | 660 | +1.20% |
1999 | 645 | −0.26% |
2009 | 693 | +0.72% |
2014 | 705 | +0.34% |
2020 | 647 | −1.42% |
Source: INSEE[10] |
The inhabitants are known as Almenéchois in French.[11]
Notable people
[edit]- Louis-Guillaume Perreaux (1816 -1889) an inventor who submitted one of the first patents for a working motorcycle in 1869, was born here.[12]
Heraldry
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The arms of Almenêches are blazoned : Azure, on a bend argent between an anchor and a mullet Or, 3 ermine spots (palewise) sable.
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See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 13 September 2022.
- ^ "Populations légales 2021" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
- ^ "Commune d'Almenêches (61002) − COG | Insee". www.insee.fr.
- ^ a b "Almenêches · 61570, France". Almenêches · 61570, France.
- ^ "INPN - FSD Natura 2000 - FR2502014 - Bocages et vergers du sud Pays d'Auge - Description".
- ^ Normandie, Chambres d'agriculture de (11 June 2024). "Natura 2000". normandie.chambres-agriculture.fr.
- ^ "INPN - FSD Natura 2000 - FR2500099 - Haute vallée de l'Orne et affluents - Description".
- ^ Sandre. "Fiche cours d'eau - L'Orne (I2--0200)".
- ^ "Eglise à Almenêches - PA00110713". monumentum.fr.
- ^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE
- ^ Mairie d'Almenêches, Ouest-France.fr.
- ^ "Louis-Guillaume Perreaux, le Vinci d'Almenêches". Ouest-France.fr. 18 August 2021.
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