Couvains (Orne)
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| local community | La Ferté-en-Ouche | |
| region | Normandy | |
| Department | Orne | |
| Arrondissement | Mortagne-au-Perche | |
| Coordinates | 48 ° 52 ' N , 0 ° 34' E | |
| Post Code | 61550 | |
| Former INSEE code | 61136 | |
| Incorporation | January 1, 2016 | |
| status | Commune déléguée | |
Couvains is a village and a former French commune in the Orne department in the Normandy region . It belonged to the arrondissement of Mortagne-au-Perche and the canton of Rai .
With effect from January 1, 2016, the previous municipalities of La Ferté-Frênel , Anceins , Bocquencé , Couvains , Gauville , Glos-la-Ferrière , Heugon , Monnai , Saint-Nicolas-des-Laitiers and Villers-en-Ouche became one commune nouvelle have merged with the name La Ferté-en-Ouche and have the status of a Commune déléguée with 197 inhabitants in the new municipality (as of January 1, 2017). The administrative headquarters is in La Ferté-Frênel.
location
Neighboring towns of Couvains are Notre-Dame-du-Hamel in the north-west, Mesnil-Rousset in the north, La Haye-Saint-Sylvestre , Bois-Normand-près-Lyre , Les Bottereaux and Chambord in the north-east, Glos-la-Ferrière in the east, Gauville in the south, La Ferté-Frênel in the southwest and Anceins in the west.
Population development
| year | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2008 | 2015 |
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| Residents | 285 | 257 | 219 | 176 | 148 | 174 | 195 | 195 |
