Les Champeaux (French pronunciation: [le ʃɑ̃po] ) is a commune in the Orne department in north-western France. As of 2019, its population is 107.
Les Champeaux | |
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 The birthplace of Charlotte Corday | |
Location of Les Champeaux  | |
  Les Champeaux  Les Champeaux | |
| Coordinates: 48°53′38″N 0°08′01″E / 48.8939°N 0.1336°E | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Normandy |
| Department | Orne |
| Arrondissement | Mortagne-au-Perche |
| Canton | Vimoutiers |
| Intercommunality | Vallées d'Auge et du Merlerault |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2020–2026) | François Bisson[1] |
Area 1 | 9.65 km2 (3.73 sq mi) |
| Population (2021)[2] | 100 |
| • Density | 10/km2 (27/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 61086 /61120 |
| Elevation | 142–267 m (466–876 ft) (avg. 266 m or 873 ft) |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
Geography
editThe commune is made up of the following collection of villages and hamlets, Les Cardellières and Les Champeaux.[3]
The commune has one river, the Viette and four streams, the Moulin Neuf, the Besion, the Crouttes & the Chateau running through its borders.
Notable buildings and places
editNational heritage sites
editFerme du Ronceray or Ferme des Lignerits a 16th century Farm house, that was the birth place of Charlotte Corday, it was classified as a Monument historique in 1989.[4]
Notable People
edit- Charlotte Corday (1768 - 1793) French Revolution who assassinated revolutionary and Jacobin leader Jean-Paul Marat was born here.[5]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 13 September 2022.
- ^ "Populations légales 2021" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
- ^ a b "Google Maps". Google Maps.
- ^ "Maison natale de Charlotte Corday, dite Ferme du Ronceray ou des Lignerits aux Champeaux - PA00110767". monumentum.fr.
- ^ "Charlotte Corday". www.blakeneymanor.com.
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