Mieuxcé
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region | Normandy | |
Department | Orne | |
Arrondissement | Alencon | |
Canton | Damigny | |
Community association | Alencon | |
Coordinates | 48 ° 24 ' N , 0 ° 1' E | |
height | 122-178 m | |
surface | 10.36 km 2 | |
Residents | 624 (January 1, 2017) | |
Population density | 60 inhabitants / km 2 | |
Post Code | 61250 | |
INSEE code | 61279 | |
Mairie Mieuxcé |
Mieuxcé (1801 still with the spelling Mieuxée ) is a French municipality with 624 inhabitants (at January 1, 2017) in Orne in the region of Normandy . It belongs to the Alençon arrondissement and the Alençon municipality .
geography
The municipality is located six kilometers southwest of the departmental capital, Alençon, in a bend in the Upper Sarthe . The partially hilly area of the 10.36 km² community forms the north-eastern end of the Alpes mancelles landscape , an extension of the Armorican massif . The parish is part of the Normandy-Maine Regional Nature Park . The neighboring municipalities are Pacé in the north, Condé-sur-Sarthe in the northeast, Héloup in the east, Moulins-le-Carbonnel in the south, Saint-Céneri-le-Gérei in the southwest and La Ferrière-Bochard in the west.
Population development
1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 | 2017 | ||
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354 | 321 | 329 | 452 | 571 | 597 | 579 | 624 | ||
Sources: Cassini and INSEE |
Attractions
- Church of St. Peter and Paul ( Église Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul )
Economy and Infrastructure
There are 17 farms in the community (dairy farming, breeding horses, cattle, sheep and goats).
Mieuxcé is located off the major national transport routes. Narrow country roads lead from Mieuxcé in all directions, the nearby town of Alençon functions as a rail and road traffic junction. Between 1914 and 1935, Mieuxcé, together with the neighboring municipality of Héloup, had a stop on the meter gauge overland tram from Alençon to Fresnay-sur-Sarthe .
supporting documents
- ↑ toponym on cassini.ehess.fr
- ↑ Mieuxcé on cassini.ehess.fr
- ↑ Mieuxcé on insee.fr
- ↑ Farms on annuaire-mairie.fr (French)
- ↑ Tram line Alençon – Fresnay-sur-Sarthe (French)