Nonant-le-Pin

Commune in Normandy, France

(2020–2026) Patrick Ameslant^[1]Area18.44 km² (7.12 sq mi)Population413 • Density22/km² (58/sq mi)DemonymNonantaisTime zoneUTC+01:00 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)INSEE/Postal codeElevation180–251 m (591–823 ft)
(avg. 199 m or 653 ft)¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Nonant-le-Pin (French pronunciation: [nɔnɑ̃ lə pɛ̃] ^ⓘ) is a commune in the Orne department in north-western France.

Geography

The commune is made up of the following collection of villages and hamlets, La Butte,La Reboursière, La Chauvinière, Les Terres Noires,Les Mandrettes and Nonant-le-Pin.^[3]

Nonant-le-Pin has 2 rivers that run through it, the Dieuge and the Ure.

Notable people

• Charles-Paul Landon (1760 - 1826), a French painter and popular writer on art and artists, was born here.^[4]
• Marie Duplessis (1824-1847), a French courtesan and mistress to a number of prominent and wealthy men was born here.^[5] She was the inspiration for Marguerite Gautier, the main character of the 1848 novel The Lady of the Camellias.^[6]

See also

• Communes of the Orne department

Notable residents

• Marie Duplessis

References