Écorches

Écorches
Commune
The church of Saint-Agnan in Écorches
Location of Écorches
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Coordinates: 48°52′04″N 0°05′37″E
Country	France
Region	Normandy
Department	Orne
Arrondissement	Argentan
Canton	Argentan-2
Intercommunality	Terres d'Argentan Interco
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Thierry Couanon[1]
Area ^1	9.71 km^2 (3.75 sq mi)
Population  (2021)[2]	101
• Density	10/km^2 (27/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	61152 /61160
Elevation	102–269 m (335–883 ft) (avg. 141 m or 463 ft)
^1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km^2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Écorches (French pronunciation: [ekɔʁʃ] ^ⓘ) is a commune in the Orne department in northwestern France.

Geography

The commune is made up of the following collection of villages and hamlets, Le Hameau Perré, Les Lignerits, Le Moncel and Écorches.^[3]

The commune has the River Viette running through it and a single stream the Secqueville.

Notable buildings and places

National heritage sites

Church of Saint-Saturnin-des-Ligneries a 13th century church classified as a Monument historique in 1948.^[4]

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Notable people

The Corday house

• Gilles de Caux de Montlebert (1682 - 1733) an 18th-century French poet and playwright was born here.^[5]
• André Mare (1885 -1932) is buried at the Church of Saint-Saturnin-des-Ligneries.^[6]

See also

• Communes of the Orne department

References

1. "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 2 December 2020.
2. "Populations légales 2021" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
3. "Google Maps". Google Maps.
4. "Eglise Saint-Saturnin-des-Ligneries à Écorches - PA00110797". monumentum.fr.
5. Caux de Montlebert, Gilles de; La Font, Joseph de; Henault, Charles-Jean-François; Du Fresny, Charles Rivière; Longepierre, Hilaire Bernard de Roqueleyne; Chateaubrun, Jean-Baptiste Vivien de; Dancourt, Florent Carton; Le Grand, Marc-Antoine; Foigny, Abbaye de (15 July 1735). "Le nouveau théâtre françois. Tome second".
6. "Un tableau d'André Mare sur le mur du Sitcom ?". actu.fr. 9 April 2016.