Giel-Courteilles

Giel-Courteilles
Commune
The church of Saint-Pierre in Giel-Courteilles
Location of Giel-Courteilles
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Coordinates: 48°45′55″N 0°11′45″W
Country	France
Region	Normandy
Department	Orne
Arrondissement	Argentan
Canton	Athis-Val de Rouvre
Intercommunality	Val d'Orne
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Michel Petit[1]
Area ^1	12.58 km^2 (4.86 sq mi)
Population  (2021)[2]	476
• Density	38/km^2 (98/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	61189 /61210
Elevation	124–252 m (407–827 ft) (avg. 245 m or 804 ft)
^1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km^2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Giel-Courteilles (French pronunciation: [ʒjɛl kuʁtɛj] ^ⓘ) is a commune in the Orne department in north-western France. The current commune was formed in 1965 when the two communes of Giel and Courteilles merged.

Geography

The commune of Giel-Courteilles is part of the area known as Suisse Normande.^[3]

The commune is made up of the following collection of villages and hamlets, Giel-Courteilles, Courteilles,Le Jardin, Les Landes and Les Préaux.

Giel-Courteilles 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.^[4]

The river Orne runs through the commune, along with one of its tributaries Ruisseau du Gue Blandin.^[5]

Notable people

• Michel Onfray a French writer and philosopher was schooled at the Giel-Don Bosco Catholic school Giel-Courteilles.^[7]

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  Church of Saint-Roch in Courteilles
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  Chapel of the Giel-Don Bosco Agricultural and Professional High School in Giel-Courteilles

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. "Map of Suisse Normande" (PDF).
4. "INPN - FSD Natura 2000 - FR2500099 - Haute vallée de l'Orne et affluents - Description".
5. Sandre. "Fiche cours d'eau - L'Orne (I2--0200)".
6. "Giel-Courteilles · 61210, France". Giel-Courteilles · 61210, France.
7. Peccatte, Patrick. "Les souvenirs d'enfance de Michel Onfray".