La Fresnaye-au-Sauvage
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| local community | Putanges-le-Lac | |
| region | Normandy | |
| Department | Orne | |
| Arrondissement | Argentan | |
| Coordinates | 48 ° 44 ′ N , 0 ° 15 ′ W | |
| Post Code | 61210 | |
| Former INSEE code | 61179 | |
| Incorporation | January 1, 2016 | |
| status | Commune déléguée | |
 Church Saint-Cyr et Sainte-Julitte |
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La Fresnaye-au-Sauvage is a commune Déléguée in the French community Putanges-le-Lac with 233 inhabitants (as of January 1 2017) in Orne in the region of Normandy .
geography
The place La Fresnaye is in the north of the Orne department and 17 kilometers west of the city of Argentan ; A few kilometers to the south, the main road RD 924 , which connects the cities of Argentan and Flers, runs through the lieu-dit Fromentel, which partly belongs to the Commune déléguée . The Commune déléguée covers an area of 11.98 km² and is traversed by the Orne River and the Le Gue Blandin and Vienne streams .
history
The existence of the Vauquelin family in the village has been documented since the 14th century ; In 1475, a member of the family acquired rule of La Fresnaye. As his descendant, Jean Vauquelin de La Fresnaye was born in the village in 1536 and gained great fame as a poet and as a follower of the French king. During Vauqelin's lifetime there was a castle in La Fresnaye that was owned by his family. In the Middle Ages and early modern times, the parish was under the jurisdiction of Briouze .
The name component of the place name Fresnaye goes back to the word frênaie , which stands for an ash forest . In Sauvage is presumably to the family name of a nobleman who owned the place in the past.
With effect from January 1, 2016, the previous municipalities of Chênedouit , La Forêt-Auvray , La Fresnaye-au-Sauvage , Ménil-Jean , Putanges-Pont-Écrepin , Rabodanges , Les Rotours , Saint-Aubert-sur-Orne and Sainte- Croix-sur-Orne amalgamated to a Commune nouvelle with the name Putanges-le-Lac and have the status of a Commune déléguée in the new municipality . The administrative headquarters are in Putanges-Pont-Écrepin. The municipality of La Fresnaye-au-Sauvage belonged to the Arrondissement Argentan and the canton of Athis-de-l'Orne .
development
The community of La Fresnaye-au-Sauvage was established in 1793 during the French Revolution . The area of the municipality expanded in 1821 when the formerly independent municipality of Saint-Malo (162 inhabitants) was assigned to the neighboring municipality of La Fresnaye-au-Sauvage, which had 558 inhabitants.
Population development
In 1836, with 722 registered inhabitants, a peak in the population was reached; in the second half of the 19th century, however, the population decreased rapidly. This trend was massively reinforced during the First World War . After a temporary recovery, the population decreased to less than 200 in the 1990s, but then recovered slightly.
| year | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2010 |
| Residents | 301 | 264 | 220 | 229 | 198 | 189 | 225 |
Individual evidence
- ↑ Mairie de La Fresnaye au Sauvage , annuaire-mairie.fr
- ↑ a b La Fresnaye au Sauvage ( Memento of the original dated August 24, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , cc-valdorne.fr
- ↑ gallica.bnf.fr: De quelques petits poètes normands contemporains de Malherbe
- ↑ Google Books: La Normandie dans l'économie européenne
- ↑ Decree NOR 1200-15-0353 Prefecture nouvelle on the formation of the commune Putanges-le-Lac on 26 November 2015 .
- ↑ La Fresnaye-au-Sauvage - Notice communale , cassini.ehess.fr
