Aunou-le-Faucon

Aunou-le-Faucon
The English Tower in Aunou-le-Faucon
The English Tower in Aunou-le-Faucon
Location of Aunou-le-Faucon
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Aunou-le-Faucon is located in France
Aunou-le-Faucon
Aunou-le-Faucon
Aunou-le-Faucon is located in Normandy
Aunou-le-Faucon
Aunou-le-Faucon
Coordinates: 48°43′50″N 0°02′25″E / 48.7306°N 0.0403°E / 48.7306; 0.0403
CountryFrance
RegionNormandy
DepartmentOrne
ArrondissementArgentan
CantonArgentan-1
IntercommunalityTerres d'Argentan Interco
Government
 • Mayor (2020–2026) Cécile Dupont[1]
Area
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6.69 km2 (2.58 sq mi)
Population
 (2021)[2]
247
 • Density37/km2 (96/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code
61014 /61200
Elevation154–200 m (505–656 ft)
(avg. 160 m or 520 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Aunou-le-Faucon (French pronunciation: [onu fokɔ̃] ) is a commune in the Orne department in northwestern France.

Geography

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The commune of is made up of the following villages and hamlets, Le Port d'Aunou, Le Moulin, Le Monthart and Aunou-le-Faucon.[3]

Aunou-le-Faucon along with another 70 communes is part of a 20,593 hectare, Natura 2000 conservation area, called the Haute vallée de l'Orne et affluents.[4]

Aunou-le-Faucon has 3 water courses running through it, The Orne plus two streams the Noës and Rogneux.[5]

Population

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Historical population
YearPop.±% p.a.
1968 206—    
1975 192−1.00%
1982 208+1.15%
1990 260+2.83%
1999 243−0.75%
2009 273+1.17%
2014 227−3.62%
2020 248+1.49%
Source: INSEE[6]

Places of interest

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National heritage sites

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Tour aux Anglais – a 14th-century building listed as a Monument historique in 1981[7]

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Aunou-le-Faucon featured as a fief - originally owned by Robert de Thibouville, the father Marguerite de Carrouges - at the center of a dispute between Jean de Carrouges, the husband of Marguerite, and Jacques le Gris, the favorite of their liege-lord, Peter II, Count of Alençon, in the 2021 film The Last Duel, directed by Ridley Scott.[8]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 2 December 2020.
  2. ^ "Populations légales 2021" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
  3. ^ a b "Aunou-le-Faucon · France". Aunou-le-Faucon · France.
  4. ^ "INPN - FSD Natura 2000 - FR2500099 - Haute vallée de l'Orne et affluents - Description".
  5. ^ Sandre. "Fiche cours d'eau - L'Orne (I2--0200)".
  6. ^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE
  7. ^ "Ancien manoir dit Tour aux Anglais à Aunou-le-Faucon - PA00110734". monumentum.fr.
  8. ^ Holzwarth, Larry. "The True Story of The Last Duel and Judicial Combat". History Collection. Retrieved 19 September 2023.