Nonant-le-Pin
Appearance
Nonant-le-Pin | |
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Coordinates: 48°42′26″N 0°13′18″E / 48.7072°N 0.2217°E | |
Country | France |
Region | Normandy |
Department | Orne |
Arrondissement | Mortagne-au-Perche |
Canton | Rai |
Intercommunality | Vallées d'Auge et du Merlerault |
Government | |
• Mayor (2020–2026) | Patrick Ameslant[1] |
Area 1 | 18.44 km2 (7.12 sq mi) |
Population (2021)[2] | 413 |
• Density | 22/km2 (58/sq mi) |
Demonym | Nonantais |
Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
INSEE/Postal code | 61310 /61240 |
Elevation | 180–251 m (591–823 ft) (avg. 199 m or 653 ft) |
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. |
Nonant-le-Pin (French pronunciation: [nɔnɑ̃ lə pɛ̃] ⓘ) is a commune in the Orne department in north-western France.
Geography
[edit]The commune is made up of the following collection of villages and hamlets, La Butte,La Reboursière, La Chauvinière, Les Terres Noires,Les Mandrettes and Nonant-le-Pin.[3]
The Commune is one of 30 communes that make up the Natura 2000 protected area of Bocages et vergers du sud Pays d'Auge.[4]
Nonant-le-Pin along with another 70 communes is part of a 20,593 hectare, Natura 2000 conservation area, called the Haute vallée de l'Orne et affluents.[5]
Nonant-le-Pin has 2 rivers that run through it, the Dieuge and the Ure.
Notable people
[edit]- Charles-Paul Landon (1760 - 1826), a French painter and popular writer on art and artists, was born here.[6]
- Marie Duplessis (1824-1847), a French courtesan and mistress to a number of prominent and wealthy men was born here.[7] She was the inspiration for Marguerite Gautier, the main character of the 1848 novel The Lady of the Camellias.[8]
See also
[edit]Notable residents
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 9 August 2021.
- ^ "Populations légales 2021" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
- ^ a b "Nonant-le-Pin · 61240, France". Nonant-le-Pin · 61240, France.
- ^ "INPN - FSD Natura 2000 - FR2502014 - Bocages et vergers du sud Pays d'Auge - Description".
- ^ "INPN - FSD Natura 2000 - FR2500099 - Haute vallée de l'Orne et affluents - Description".
- ^ "Charles-Paul Landon (1760-1826)". data.bnf.fr.
- ^ "Auberge Restaurant La Tête au Loup : site touristique du Haras du Pin, circuit de la Dame aux Camélias, Orne, Normandie 61". www.lateteauloup.fr.
- ^ "The Real Traviata: The tragic true story that inspired La traviata". www.roh.org.uk.
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