Saint-Pierre-du-Regard

Commune in Normandy, France

Location of Saint-Pierre-du-Regard

(2020–2026) Michèle Guicheteau^[1]Area

9.3 km² (3.6 sq mi)Population

(2021)^[2]

1,358 • Density150/km² (380/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)INSEE/Postal code

61447 /61790

Elevation69–218 m (226–715 ft)
(avg. 126 m or 413 ft)¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Saint-Pierre-du-Regard (French pronunciation: [sɛ̃ pjɛʁ dy ʁəɡaʁ] ^ⓘ) is a commune in the Orne department in north-western France.^[3]

Geography

The commune is part of the area known as Suisse Normande.^[4]

The commune is made up of the following collection of villages and hamlets, Le Grand Samoi, Le Haut Village, La Bristière, Le Vaugroult, La Remaisière, La Pivotière, La Houssaye, L'Être, La Petite Suisse and Saint-Pierre-du-Regard.^[5]

The commune has 2 rivers running through it the river Vere and Noireau.

People linked with the commune

Raymond Martin (born 1949), a French former road bicycle racer was born here. In the 1980 Tour de France he finished third overall and won the mountains classification.^[6]

References

^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 2 December 2020.
^ "Populations légales 2021". The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
^ "Commune de Saint-Pierre-du-Regard (61447) − COG Insee". www.insee.fr.
^ "Map of Suiss Normande" (PDF).
^ ^a ^b "Google Maps". Google Maps.
^ "- Raymond Martin". 22 May 2017.