Saint-Michel-Tubœuf

Saint-Michel-Tubœuf
Commune
The town hall in Saint-Michel-Tubœuf
Location of Saint-Michel-Tubœuf
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Coordinates: 48°45′10″N 0°41′23″E
Country	France
Region	Normandy
Department	Orne
Arrondissement	Mortagne-au-Perche
Canton	L'Aigle
Intercommunality	Pays de l'Aigle
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Christophe Pottier[1]
Area ^1	8.73 km^2 (3.37 sq mi)
Population  (2021)[2]	583
• Density	67/km^2 (170/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	61432 /61300
Elevation	198–241 m (650–791 ft) (avg. 230 m or 750 ft)
^1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km^2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Saint-Michel-Tubœuf (French pronunciation: [sɛ̃ miʃɛl tybœf]) is a commune in the Orne department in north-western France.^[3] The commune was formed in 1965 by the merger of the former communes Saint-Michel-la-Forêt and Tubœuf.^[4]

Points of Interest

National heritage sites

The Commune has two buildings and areas listed as a Monument historique^[5]

Château de Thubeuf is a seventeenth century chateau and grounds, that was classed as a Monument historique in 1992.^[6]

Buat tower is a Chappe telegraph tower, built in the eighteenth century, as part of a 58 station system, used to convey messages from Paris to Brest.^[7]

Notable People

• Eugène Pirou (1841–1909) was a photographer and filmmaker, who was born here.^[8]

See also

• Communes of the Orne department

References

1. "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 13 September 2022.
2. "Populations légales 2021" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
3. "Commune de Saint-Michel-Tubœuf (61432)". INSEE.
4. Modifications aux circonscriptions territoriales de communes, Journal officiel de la République française n° 0044, 21 February 1965, pp. 1483-1485.
5. "Les Monuments Historiques en Orne - 61". monumentum.fr.
6. "Domaine à Saint-Michel-Tubœuf - PA00110932". monumentum.fr.
7. "Télégraphe Chappe à Saint-Michel-Tubœuf - PA00111003". monumentum.fr.
8. "Portrait de Victor Diancourt à l'âge de 65 ans, PIROU". Portail officiel des Musées de Reims.