Sainte-Marguerite-de-Carrouges

Commune in Normandy, France

(2020–2026) Jean-Yves Portier^[1]Area8.69 km² (3.36 sq mi)Population211 • Density24/km² (63/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)INSEE/Postal codeElevation200–291 m (656–955 ft)
(avg. 279 m or 915 ft)¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Sainte-Marguerite-de-Carrouges (French pronunciation: [sɛ̃t maʁɡərit də kaʁuʒ] ^ⓘ, literally Sainte-Marguerite of Carrouges) is a commune in the Orne department in north-western France. As of 2019, the commune had a total population of 223 residents.^[3]

The commune is named for Marguerite de Carrouges (née de Thibouville; 1362, Château de Fontaine-la-Soret, Eure. Normandy – c. 1419), a French noblewoman and the wife of Sir Jean de Carrouges, Viscount of Bellême (c. 1330s, Carrouges, Normandy – 25 September 1396, Nicopolis, Ottoman Empire).

Geography

The commune is made up of the following collection of villages and hamlets, L'Aubesniére, Le Grand Chandon, La Bissonnière, La Blanchardière, La Bommerie, L'Être Gautier, L'Être Blanchet, Ste Marguerite Carrouges, L'Être Chapelle and Sainte-Marguerite-de-Carrouges.^[4]

It is 870 hectares (3.4 sq mi) in size. The highest point in the commune is 272 metres (892 ft).

The commune is within the Normandie-Maine Regional Natural Park.^[5]

The commune has one river, the Udon, with three streams, Grand Pied, Moulin de Besnard and Coupigny, which are the only watercourses flowing through its borders.

Notable buildings and places

National heritage sites

Sainte-Marguerite-de-Carrouges Church a 12th century church, which was classified as a Monument historique in 1978.^[6]

See also

• Communes of the Orne department
• Parc naturel régional Normandie-Maine

References