Saint-Michel-Tubœuf
Saint-Michel-Tubœuf | |
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 The town hall in Saint-Michel-Tubœuf | |
Location of Saint-Michel-Tubœuf  | |
  Saint-Michel-Tubœuf  Saint-Michel-Tubœuf | |
| Coordinates: 48°45′10″N 0°41′23″E / 48.7528°N 0.6897°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 km2 (3.37 sq mi) |
| Population (2021)[2] | 583 |
| • Density | 67/km2 (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 km2 (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
[edit]National heritage sites
[edit]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
[edit]- Eugène Pirou (1841–1909) was a photographer and filmmaker, who was born here.[8]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 13 September 2022.
- ^ "Populations légales 2021" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
- ^ "Commune de Saint-Michel-Tubœuf (61432)". INSEE.
- ^ Modifications aux circonscriptions territoriales de communes, Journal officiel de la République française n° 0044, 21 February 1965, pp. 1483-1485.
- ^ "Les Monuments Historiques en Orne - 61". monumentum.fr.
- ^ "Domaine à Saint-Michel-Tubœuf - PA00110932". monumentum.fr.
- ^ "Télégraphe Chappe à Saint-Michel-Tubœuf - PA00111003". monumentum.fr.
- ^ "Portrait de Victor Diancourt à l'âge de 65 ans, PIROU". Portail officiel des Musées de Reims.
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