Le Cercueil
Le Cercueil | |
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 The church in Le Cercueil | |
Location of Le Cercueil  | |
  Le Cercueil  Le Cercueil | |
| Coordinates: 48°35′52″N 0°01′26″E / 48.5978°N 0.0239°E | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Normandy |
| Department | Orne |
| Arrondissement | Alençon |
| Canton | Sées |
| Intercommunality | Sources de l'Orne |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2020–2026) | Stelliane Bettefort[1] |
| Area 1 | 13.23 km2 (5.11 sq mi) |
| Population (2021)[2] | 141 |
| • Density | 11/km2 (28/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 61076 /61500 |
| Elevation | 232–373 m (761–1,224 ft) (avg. 363 m or 1,191 ft) |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
Le Cercueil (French pronunciation: [lə sɛʁkœj] ⓘ) is a commune in the Orne department in north-western France.
Geography[edit]
The commune is made up of the following collection of villages and hamlets, Aprêl, La Gère, La Sevestrie and Le Cercueil.[3]
It is 1,320 hectares (5.1 sq mi) in size. The highest point in the commune is 270 metres (890 ft).
The commune is within the Normandie-Maine Regional Natural Park and Forêt d'Écouves.[4][5]
The commune has six watercourses flowing through it, la Thouane river, Clairefontaine stream, Vallees stream, Aprel stream, Cercueil stream and the Blanchelande stream.
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See also[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 2 December 2020.
- ^ "Populations légales 2021". The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
- ^ a b "Le Cercueil · 61500, France". Le Cercueil · 61500, France.
- ^ "rapport de charte" (PDF), parc-naturel-normandie-maine.fr/
- ^ "MASSIF FORESTIER D'ECOUVES ET SES MARGES" (PDF). ZNIEFF.
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