Orne: Department in Normany, France
The Orne (61) is a department in France.
It is in the Normandy region. Its prefecture is Alençon and its sub-prefectures are Argentan and Mortagne-au-Perche. The department's name comes from the river Orne which flows through it.
History
The Orne was one of the original 83 departments created in 1790.
Geography
The department borders several other departments:
There is also a 105,000 ha forest called forêt des Andaines (Andaines Forest).
Culture
The Orne is famous for its:
It is also known to be famous for its trotting horses.
Monuments
(A château is a castle in French)
- Château of Sassy
- Château médiéval de Domfront
- Château of Couterne
- Château of La Ferté-Fresnel at La Ferté-Frênel
- Château of Carrouges
This short article about a place or feature in France can be made longer. You can help Wikipedia by adding to it.This article uses material from the Wikipedia Simple English article Orne, which is released under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 license ("CC BY-SA 3.0"); additional terms may apply (view authors). Content is available under CC BY-SA 4.0 unless otherwise noted. Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.
®Wikipedia is a registered trademark of the Wiki Foundation, Inc. Wiki Simple English (DUHOCTRUNGQUOC.VN) is an independent company and has no affiliation with Wiki Foundation.