Putanges-Pont-Écrepin
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| local community | Putanges-le-Lac | |
| region | Normandy | |
| Department | Orne | |
| Arrondissement | Argentan | |
| Coordinates | 48 ° 46 ′ N , 0 ° 15 ′ W | |
| Post Code | 61210 | |
| Former INSEE code | 61339 | |
| Incorporation | January 1, 2016 | |
| status | Commune déléguée | |
 The Orne in Putanges |
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Putanges-Pont-Écrepin is a commune Déléguée in the French community Putanges-le-Lac with 1,021 inhabitants (as of January 1 2017) in Orne in the region of Normandy .
geography
The place is in the middle of the Norman Switzerland landscape . The closest towns are Flers , Falaise and Argentan . Putanges-Pont-Écrepin lies on both sides of the Orne River . In the center of the village there is a bridge over the river. A little further upstream, the river is dammed in the Lac de Rabodanges , which is partly part of the Commune déléguée. A route of the Camino de Santiago runs through Putanges-Pont-Écrepin .
Structure and origin
The community was created in 1965 from the previously independent communities Putanges and Pont-Écrepin . Putanges was the more important place and since the French Revolution the capital of the canton that still exists today . The community was first named Putange after the revolution . Pont-Écrepin was initially called Pontécrépin .
history
Putanges was built on a hill on the Orne in the 13th century. This is still called Vieux Putanges (Old Putanges) today. The old manor house, a chapel and a cemetery have been preserved from this period. The Putanges weekly market has existed since 1580. In 1756 a company was established that produced cannons for the navy. The construction of a lock made it possible to build a bridge over the Orne. The lock became a mill and from 1900 it was used to produce electricity. Pont-Écrepin was particularly influenced by the clothing industry. The name is derived from cuir , the French word for leather. The Putanges church was built in 1822, and that of Pont-Écrepin just two years later. The Mairie was built between 1902 and 1904 . Both places were largely destroyed by the Second World War . The bridge was blown up by the Wehrmacht on August 18, 1944 , and on the same day the British troops liberated Putanges and Pont-Écrepin. The entire reconstruction took around seven years.
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 belonged to the Arrondissement of Argentan and the canton of Athis-de-l'Orne . It was the seat of the municipal association Val d'Orne .
Population development
| year | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2008 |
| Residents | 918 | 947 | 967 | 1,032 | 1,013 | 1,029 |
Personalities
- Stanislas Sorel (1803–1871), engineer and inventor
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c d Historique ( Memento of the original dated February 27, 2012 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.
- ↑ Pont-Écrepin on cassini.fr
- ↑ Decree NOR 1200-15-0353 Prefecture nouvelle on the formation of the commune Putanges-le-Lac on 26 November 2015 .
