Écouché
| Écouché | ||
|---|---|---|
|
|
|
| local community | Écouché-les-Vallées | |
| region | Normandy | |
| Department | Orne | |
| Arrondissement | Argentan | |
| Coordinates | 48 ° 43 ′ N , 0 ° 7 ′ W | |
| Post Code | 61150 | |
| Former INSEE code | 61153 | |
| Incorporation | January 1, 2016 | |
| status | Commune déléguée | |
Écouché is a commune Déléguée in the French community Écouché-les-Vallées with 1,325 inhabitants (as of January 1 2017) in the department of Orne in the region of Normandy .
With effect from January 1, 2016, the former municipalities of Batilly , La Courbe , Écouché , Loucé , Saint-Ouen-sur-Maire and Serans were merged and have since formed a nouvelle commune called Écouché-les-Vallées. The municipality of Écouché belonged to the Arrondissement of Argentan and the canton of Écouché .
geography
The place on the left bank of the Orne is about 9 km from Argentan , 11 km from Rânes , 18 km from Carrouges and Motrée , 19 km from Briouze , 22 km from Falaise and 24 km from La Ferté-Macé .
history
- First mentioned in 1080.
- 1821 incorporation of Meheudin .
coat of arms
Description: The coat of arms is quartered in red and blue and has three golden scallops in fields 1 and 4 and three golden lilies in the other fields.
Population development
- 1962: 1,343
- 1968: 1,390
- 1975: 1,457
- 1982: 1,494
- 1990: 1,409
- 1999: 1,396
- 2005: 1,390
From 1962 only residents with primary residence
Attractions
- Notre-Dame Church, 13th century, renovations 15th / 16th century century
- Remains of the old city wall
- Chapelle Saint-Nicolas (1140)
- Ruins of a chapel in Méheudin
Partnerships
- Elze , Lower Saxony, since 1971
