Charencey (Orne)

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Charencey
Charencey (France)
Charencey
region Normandy
Department Orne
Arrondissement Mortagne-au-Perche
Canton Tourouvre
Community association Hauts you Perche
Coordinates 48 ° 39 ′  N , 0 ° 46 ′  E Coordinates: 48 ° 39 ′  N , 0 ° 46 ′  E
height 185-259 m
surface 45.56 km 2
Residents 797 (January 1, 2017)
Population density 17 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code 61190
INSEE code

Charencey is a French municipality with 797 inhabitants (as of January 1 2017) in the department of Orne in the region of Normandy . It is part of the Arrondissement of Mortagne-au-Perche and the Canton of Tourouvre .

Charencey was created as Commune nouvelle as part of a regional reform on January 1, 2018 through the merger of three former municipalities, which are now districts of Charencey (so-called Communes déléguées ). Saint-Maurice-lès-Charencey acts as the "superordinate district" as the administrative center.

geography

Charencey lies about 58 kilometers east-northeast of Alençon and is surrounded by Beaulieu in the north, Armentières-sur-Avre in the north and northeast, Rohaire in the northeast, La Chapelle-Fortin in the east, La Ferté-Vidame in the east and southeast, Marchainville and L ' Hôme-Chamondot in the south and Tourouvre au Perche in the west and south-west. The National Route 12 runs through the municipality .

history

The small village of Charencey was incorporated into Saint-Maurice-lès-Charencey in 1815 .

structure

District former
INSEE code
Area (km²) Population (2017)
Moussonvilliers 61299 21.94 220
Normandel 61311 07.43 093
Saint-Maurice-lès-Charencey (administrative headquarters) 61429 16.19 484

Attractions

Moussonvilliers

  • Menhir Pierre Laval
  • Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption church from the 16th century

Normandel

  • Saint-Firmin church

Saint-Maurice-lès-Charencey

Saint-Maurice Church
  • Saint-Maurice church from the 12th century
  • Champthierry Castle

Web links

Commons : Charencey  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. French Statistics Institute ( www.insee.fr )