Écouves
Écouves | |
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 The town hall in Écouves | |
 Location of Écouves | |
  Écouves Location within France  Écouves Location within Normandy | |
| Coordinates: 48°30′07″N 0°06′18″E / 48.502°N 0.105°E | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Normandy |
| Department | Orne |
| Arrondissement | Alençon |
| Canton | Écouves |
| Intercommunality | CU Alençon |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2020–2026) | Alain Meyer[1] |
Area 1 | 36.40 km2 (14.05 sq mi) |
| Population (2023)[2] | 1,663 |
| • Density | 45.69/km2 (118.3/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 61341 /61250 |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
Écouves (French pronunciation: [ekuv]) 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 Forges, Radon (the seat) and Vingt-Hanaps.[3] It takes its name from the nearby Forêt d'Écouves.
Geography
[edit]The commune is made up of the following collection of villages and hamlets, Les Mézières, Vingt-Hanaps, Les Feugerets, Écouves, Forges and Avoise.[4]
The commune is within the Normandie-Maine Regional Natural Park and Forêt d'Écouves.[5][6]
La Briante, le Betz and la Forêt are the watercourses that flows through the commune.[7][8][9]
Neighbouring communes[4] | |
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Points of interest
[edit]National heritage sites
[edit]- Markers of Forêt d'Écouves a set of 80 markers positioned in the 18th century that mark the boundaries of the forest, they were registered as a Monument historique in 1987.[10]
Notable people
[edit]- Paul Le Flem (1881 – 1984) a French composer and music critic was born here in Radon.[11]
See also
[edit]References
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- ↑ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 13 September 2022.
- ↑ "Populations de référence 2023" (in French). National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 18 December 2025.
- ↑ Arrêté préfectoral 29 September 2015 (in French)
- 1 2 "Google Maps". Google Maps.
- ↑ "rapport de charte" (PDF), parc-naturel-normandie-maine.fr/
- ↑ "MASSIF FORESTIER D'ECOUVES ET SES MARGES" (PDF). ZNIEFF.
- ↑ "Fiche cours d'eau - la Briante (M0046700)". Sandre. SandreM0046700.
- ↑ "Fiche cours d'eau - le Betz (M0044200)". Sandre. SandreM0044200.
- ↑ "Fiche cours d'eau - la Forêt (M0044600)". Sandre. SandreM0044600.
- ↑ "80 bornes de la forêt d'Ecouves (également sur communes de Le Bouillon, La Chapelle-près-Sées, La Ferrière-Béchet, Fontenai-les-Louvets, La Lande-de-Goult, Radon, Rouperroux, Saint-Didier-sous-Ecouves, Saint-Gervais-du-Perron, Tanville et Vingt-Hanap..." monumentum.fr.
- ↑ "Paul Le Flem | Soundtrack". IMDb.
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