Gacé

Commune in Normandy, France

(2020–2026) Jean Grimbert^[1]Area6.5 km² (2.5 sq mi)Population1,786 • Density270/km² (710/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)INSEE/Postal codeElevation179–316 m (587–1,037 ft)
(avg. 186 m or 610 ft)Websitewww.gace.fr¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Gacé (French pronunciation: [ɡase] ^ⓘ) is a commune in the Orne department in Lower-Normandy, north-western France.

Geography

The commune is made up of the following collection of villages and hamlets, La Chapelle Mongenouil and Gacé.^[3]

The commune has one river, The Touques and a single stream, the Bouillant running through its borders.

Population

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1968	2,170	—
1975	2,397	+1.43%
1982	2,192	−1.27%
1990	2,247	+0.31%
1999	2,041	−1.06%
2007	2,110	+0.42%
2012	2,031	−0.76%
2017	1,861	−1.73%
Source: INSEE[4]

Notable buildings and places

• Gacé museum a museum based at Chateau à Gacé that shows a collection of 2,500 minerals, fossils and meteorites.^[5]
• The Lady of the Camellias Museum based at the Chateau à Gacé is a museum dedicated to the life of Marie Duplessis.^[6]

National heritage sites

• Château à Gacé a 14th century chateau listed as a monument in 1968.^[7]

Notable people

• Foulques du Merle - (1239 - 1314) was Seigneur of Gacé and Bellou-en-Houlme, and Baron of Le Merlerault, Briouze and Messei.^[8]
• Charles Auguste de Goÿon (1647-1729), a French diplomat and soldier who was the Count of Gacé.^[9]

Heraldry

The arms of Gacé are blazoned: Argent, a lion gules, crowned Or, langued azure.

Administration

Twin towns

• Kinross, Perth & Kinross, Scotland^[10]

See also

• Communes of the Orne department
• Château de Gacé

References