L'Orée-d'Écouves
The church in Livaie
The church in Livaie
Location of L'Orée-d'Écouves
L'Orée-d'Écouves is located in France
L'Orée-d'Écouves
L'Orée-d'Écouves
L'Orée-d'Écouves is located in Normandy
L'Orée-d'Écouves
L'Orée-d'Écouves
Coordinates: 48°30′55″N 0°01′55″W / 48.5153°N 0.0319°W / 48.5153; -0.0319
CountryFrance
RegionNormandy
DepartmentOrne
ArrondissementAlençon
CantonMagny-le-Désert
IntercommunalityCU Alençon
Government
  Mayor (20202026) Sylvie Poirier-Christian[1]
Area
1
44.45 km2 (17.16 sq mi)
Population
 (Jan. 2021)[2]
752
  Density17/km2 (44/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
  Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code
61228 /61420
Elevation197–413 m (646–1,355 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

L'Orée-d'Écouves[3] (French pronunciation: [lɔʁe dekuv]) is a commune in the Orne department in north-western France. It was established on 1 January 2019 by merger of the former communes of Livaie (the seat), Fontenai-les-Louvets, Longuenoë and Saint-Didier-sous-Écouves.[4]

Notable buildings and places

National heritage sites

  • Markers of Forêt d'Écouves a set of 80 markers positioned in the 18th century that mark the boundaries of the forest, they were registered as a Monument historique in 1987.[5]

Notable People

  • Joaquim Pueyo (born 1950) a French politician representing the Socialist Party, was mayor of Livaie from 1983 to 2008.[6]

See also

References

  1. "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 13 September 2022.
  2. "Populations légales 2021". The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
  3. Arrêté préfectoral 10 July 2018 (rectification) (in French)
  4. Arrêté préfectoral 10 July 2018 (in French)
  5. "80 bornes de la forêt d'Ecouves (également sur communes de Le Bouillon, La Chapelle-près-Sées, La Ferrière-Béchet, Fontenai-les-Louvets, La Lande-de-Goult, Radon, Rouperroux, Saint-Didier-sous-Ecouves, Saint-Gervais-du-Perron, Tanville et Vingt-Hanap..." monumentum.fr.
  6. Mousset, Yasmine (18 June 2017). "Joaquim Pueyo (divers gauche) réélu". Ouest-France.fr.
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