Le Merlerault
Appearance
Le Merlerault | |
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Coordinates: 48°42′04″N 0°17′11″E / 48.7011°N 0.2864°E | |
Country | France |
Region | Normandy |
Department | Orne |
Arrondissement | Mortagne-au-Perche |
Canton | Rai |
Intercommunality | Vallées d'Auge et du Merlerault |
Government | |
• Mayor (2020–2026) | Martine Gressant[1] |
Area 1 | 19.1 km2 (7.4 sq mi) |
Population (2021)[2] | 753 |
• Density | 39/km2 (100/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
INSEE/Postal code | 61275 /61240 |
Elevation | 184–321 m (604–1,053 ft) (avg. 227 m or 745 ft) |
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. |
Le Merlerault (French pronunciation: [lə mɛʁləʁo] ) is a commune in the Orne department in north-western France.
Geography
[edit]The Commune is one of 30 communes that make up the Natura 2000 protected area of Bocages et vergers du sud Pays d'Auge.[3] The site is 21,541 hectares in size and consists of a well-preserved wooded landscape that hosts three protected beetles, the European stag beetle, the great capricorn beetle and the Hermit Beetle.[4]
Points of interest
[edit]National heritage sites
[edit]- Ensemble castral remains of a medieval residence with a circular mound, it was registered as a Monument historique 1989.[5]
Notable People
[edit]- Foulques du Merle - (1239 - 1314) was Seigneur of Gacé and Bellou-en-Houlme, and Baron of Le Merlerault, Briouze and Messei.[6]
- François Pouqueville - (1770 – 1838) a French diplomat, writer, explorer, physician and historian, and member of the Institut de France was born here.[7]
- Léon Labbé - (1832 – 1916) a French surgeon and politician was born here.[8]
Heraldry
[edit]The arms of Le Merlerault are blazoned : Argent, a blackbird sable, on a chief azure a heart argent between 2 fleurs de lys Or.
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Twin towns – sister cities
[edit]Le Merlerault is twinned with:
- Collingbourne Ducis, United Kingdom (since 1992)[9]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 13 September 2022.
- ^ "Populations légales 2021" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
- ^ "INPN - FSD Natura 2000 - FR2502014 - Bocages et vergers du sud Pays d'Auge - Description".
- ^ Normandie, Chambres d'agriculture de (11 June 2024). "Natura 2000". normandie.chambres-agriculture.fr.
- ^ "Ensemble castral au Merlerault - PA00110977". monumentum.fr.
- ^ Louis de La Roque, Catalog historique des généraux français, connétables, maréchaux de France, lieutenants généraux, maréchaux de camp. Connétables et maréchaux de France depuis les premiers temps de la monarchie jusqu'à la fin du règne de Louis XIV (Paris, A. Desaide, 1896-1902), p.25.
- ^ "Le Merlerault | CDC des Vallées d'Auge et du Merlerault". www.cdcvam.fr.
- ^ "Léon Labbé (1830-1916)". data.bnf.fr.
- ^ "Our village". Collingbourne Ducis Parish Council.
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