Mortrée (French pronunciation: [mɔʁtʁe] ⓘ) is a commune in the Orne department in north-western France. On 1 January 2019, the former commune Saint-Hilaire-la-Gérard was merged into Mortrée.[3]
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 The chateau in Mortrée | |
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| Coordinates: 48°38′25″N 0°04′44″E / 48.6403°N 0.0789°E | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Normandy |
| Department | Orne |
| Arrondissement | Alençon |
| Canton | Sées |
| Intercommunality | Sources de l'Orne |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2021–2026) | Reine-Marie Puitg[1] |
Area 1 | 32.26 km2 (12.46 sq mi) |
| Population (2023)[2] | 1,115 |
| • Density | 34.56/km2 (89.52/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 61294 /61570 |
| Elevation | 161–277 m (528–909 ft) (avg. 173 m or 568 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 of Mortrée is made up of the following villages and hamlets, Mortrée, Méhéran, La Grande Fosse and Saint-Hilaire-la-Gérard.[4]
Mortrée has a total of seven water courses running through it, three rivers Orne, Senneviere and Thouane.[5][6][7] The other four watercourses are all streams, la Gironde, The Ponts Besnard, La Forêt & The Renardieres.[8][9][10]
Parts of the commune is within the Normandie-Maine Regional Natural Park and Forêt d'Écouves.[11][12]
Mortrée along with another 65 communes is part of a 20,593 hectare, Natura 2000 conservation area, called the Haute vallée de l'Orne et affluents.[13]
Notable buildings and places
edit- La carrière des Vaux is a Regional Nature Reserve that is 0.37 hectares in area, making it the smallest nature reserve in France.[14] The reserve was a former quarry that contains many fossils from Conodonts that are naked to the human eye.[15]
National heritage sites
editThe Commune has 3 buildings and areas listed as a Monument historique.
- Château d'O a 15th century castle built by Jean d'O, captain of the Scottish guard of François I.[16]
- Logis a 15th century house used for accommodation, listed as a monument in 1995.[17]
- Saint-Pierre Church a 19th century church, listed as a monument in 2006.[18]
Notable people
edit- René Hardy (1911 -1987) a French Resistance member was born here.[19]
Heraldry
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The arms of Mortrée are blazoned : Ermine, on a chief indented gules an escallop Or.
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Town twinning
editMortrée is twinned with towns are:
Shrivenham, Oxfordshire – England.[20]
See also
editReferences
edit- ↑ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 4 May 2022.
- ↑ "Populations de référence 2023" (in French). National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 18 December 2025.
- ↑ Arrêté préfectoral 28 September 2018, modified 12 November 2018 (in French)
- 1 2 "Mortrée · France". Mortrée · France.
- ↑ Sandre. "Fiche cours d'eau - L'Orne (I2--0200)".
- ↑ Sandre. "Fiche cours d'eau - La Thouane (I2030600)".
- ↑ Sandre. "Fiche cours d'eau - La Senneviere (I2010600)".
- ↑ Sandre. "Fiche cours d'eau - Ruisseau de la Gironde (I2042000 )".
- ↑ Sandre. "Fiche cours d'eau - Ruisseau des Ponts Besnard (I2016000 )".
- ↑ Sandre. "Fiche cours d'eau - Ruisseau de la Forêt (I2015000 )".
- ↑ "rapport de charte" (PDF), parc-naturel-normandie-maine.fr/
- ↑ "MASSIF FORESTIER D'ECOUVES ET SES MARGES" (PDF). ZNIEFF.
- ↑ "INPN - FSD Natura 2000 - FR2500099 - Haute vallée de l'Orne et affluents - Description".
- ↑ "Nature - THE QUARRY OF THE VAUX - Saint-Hilaire-La-Gérard". www.petitfute.co.uk.
- ↑ "Géologique de Normandie-Maine | RESERVES NATURELLES DE FRANCE". www.reserves-naturelles.org.
- ↑ "Château d'O à Mortrée - PA00110871". monumentum.fr.
- ↑ "Logis à Mortrée - PA00135525". monumentum.fr.
- ↑ "Eglise Saint-Pierre à Mortrée - PA61000049". monumentum.fr.
- ↑ "RENE HARDY, LEADER IN FRENCH RESISTANCE IN WWII, DIES AT 75". Washington Post.
- ↑ "Shrivenham Parish Council - Twinning". www.shrivenham.org.
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