Sainte-Croix-sur-Orne
Sainte-Croix-sur-Orne | |
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Part of Putanges-le-Lac | |
Location of Sainte-Croix-sur-Orne  | |
  Sainte-Croix-sur-Orne  Sainte-Croix-sur-Orne | |
| Coordinates: 48°46′47″N 0°17′26″W / 48.7797°N 0.2906°W | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Normandy |
| Department | Orne |
| Arrondissement | Argentan |
| Canton | Athis-de-l'Orne |
| Commune | Putanges-le-Lac |
Area 1 | 3.81 km2 (1.47 sq mi) |
| Population (2019)[1] | 76 |
| • Density | 20/km2 (52/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| Postal code | 61210 |
| Elevation | 121–231 m (397–758 ft) (avg. 173 m or 568 ft) |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
Sainte-Croix-sur-Orne (French pronunciation: [sɛ̃t kʁwa syʁ ɔʁn] , literally Sainte-Croix on Orne) is a former commune in the Orne department in north-western France.[2] On 1 January 2016, it was merged into the new commune of Putanges-le-Lac.[3] The 18th-century military, playwright and physician Guillaume-René Lefébure (1744–1806) was born in Sainte-Croix-sur-Orne.
The former commune is part of the area known as Suisse Normande.[4]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Téléchargement du fichier d'ensemble des populations légales en 2019, INSEE
- ^ Des villages de Cassini aux communes d'aujourd'hui: Commune data sheet Sainte-Croix-sur-Orne, EHESS (in French).
- ^ Arrêté préfectoral 26 November 2015 (in French)
- ^ "Map of Suisse Normande" (PDF).
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