Cerisy-Belle-Étoile
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| region | Normandy | |
| Department | Orne | |
| Arrondissement | Argentan | |
| Canton | Flers-1 | |
| Community association | Flers Agglo | |
| Coordinates | 48 ° 48 ′ N , 0 ° 38 ′ W | |
| height | 102-256 m | |
| surface | 13.4 km 2 | |
| Residents | 724 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 54 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 61100 | |
| INSEE code | 61078 | |
Cerisy-Belle-Étoile (formerly Cerisi-Belle-Étoile ) is a French municipality with 724 inhabitants (at January 1, 2017) in the department of Orne in the region Normandy (before 2016 Basse-Normandie ). The municipality belongs to the Arrondissement of Argentan and the canton of Flers-1 (until 2015 Flers-Nord ). The inhabitants are called Ceriséens or Estolians .
geography
Cerisy-Belle-Étoile is about sixty kilometers south-southwest of Caen . Cerisy-Belle-Étoile is surrounded by the neighboring communities of Caligny in the north and east, La Bazoque in the east and north-east, La Lande-Patry in the south and south-east, Landisacq in the south and south-west, Tinchebray-Bocage in the west and south-west, Montsecret-Clairefougère in the West and south-west and Saint-Pierre-d'Entremont to the west and north-west.
Population development
| year | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 | 2011 | 2016 |
| Residents | 556 | 596 | 585 | 639 | 704 | 688 | 739 | 736 | 729 |
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Attractions
- Saint-Jean-Baptiste church from the 18th century
- old monastery of Belle-Étoile, founded in 1216, monument historique since 1926/1986
- Castle ruins on Mont Cerisy
Saint-Jean-Baptiste church
Belle-Étoile monastery ruins
Castle ruins from Mont Cerisy
Personalities
- Étienne de Veniard, Sieur de Bourgmont (1679–1734), explorer (in the Missouri river basin)
