Le Merlerault

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Le Merlerault
Coat of arms of Le Merlerault
Le Merlerault (France)
Le Merlerault
region Normandy
Department Orne
Arrondissement Mortagne-au-Perche
Canton Rai
Community association Vallées d'Auge et du Merlerault
Coordinates 48 ° 42 ′  N , 0 ° 17 ′  E Coordinates: 48 ° 42 ′  N , 0 ° 17 ′  E
height 184-321 m
surface 19.10 km 2
Residents 809 (January 1, 2017)
Population density 42 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code 61240
INSEE code 61275

Le Merlerault is a French municipality with 809 inhabitants (at January 1, 2017) in the department of Orne in the region of Normandy . It belongs to the arrondissement of Mortagne-au-Perche and the canton of Rai .

history

In the 11th century, Richard Sainte-Scolasse, a knight of Duke Richard II of Normandy, gave part of the domain of Le Merle to one of his soldiers. The place name came from the property of this soldier, Raoult. After the village was destroyed, it was rebuilt two kilometers to the northeast in the 15th century.

King Heinrich IV. And Maximilien de Béthune, duc de Sully set up a royal stud ( Haras ) here . In 1665, King Louis XIV founded the "Haras du Pin", the first stallion stud in history, on the initiative of Colbert . In 1715, the Haras national du Pin were built in Le Pin-au-Haras to amalgamate the royal stud farms in Normandy (Le Merlerault and Montfort-l'Amaury ).

Population development

  • 1962: 1,113
  • 1968: 1,139
  • 1975: 1.097
  • 1982: 1,058
  • 1990: 974
  • 1999: 960
  • 2005: 907
  • 2013: 886

Personalities