Radon
Part of Écouves
Location of Radon
Radon is located in France
Radon
Radon
Radon is located in Normandy
Radon
Radon
Coordinates: 48°30′14″N 0°06′09″E / 48.5039°N 0.1025°E / 48.5039; 0.1025
CountryFrance
RegionNormandy
DepartmentOrne
ArrondissementAlençon
CantonRadon
CommuneÉcouves
Area
1
19.81 km2 (7.65 sq mi)
Population
 (2019)[1]
1,036
  Density52/km2 (140/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
  Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal code
61250
Elevation148–345 m (486–1,132 ft)
(avg. 180 m or 590 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.
Mairie de Radon

Radon (French pronunciation: [ʁadɔ̃] ) is a former commune in the Orne department in north-western France. On 1 January 2016, it was merged into the new commune of Écouves.[2] It is around 7 km north of Alençon.

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.[3]

See also

References

  1. Téléchargement du fichier d'ensemble des populations légales en 2019, INSEE
  2. Arrêté préfectoral 29 September 2015 (in French)
  3. "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.



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