Mortrée
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The chateau in Mortrée
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Location of Mortrée  | |
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| Coordinates: 48°38′25″N 0°04′44″E / 48.6403°N 0.0789°E / 48.6403; 0.0789 | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Normandy |
| Department | Orne |
| Arrondissement | Alençon |
| Canton | Sées |
| Intercommunality | Sources de l'Orne |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2021–2026) | Reine-Marie Puitg[1] |
| Area
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| 32.26 km2 (12.46 sq mi) |
| Population
(2021)[2]
| 1,134 |
| • Density | 35/km2 (91/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| INSEE/Postal code |
61294 /61570
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| 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. | |
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]
The commune of 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 10 water courses running through it, three rivers The Orne, La Senneviere and La Thouane. The other seven watercourses are all streams, la Gironde, The Aprel, The Ponts Besnard, La Forêt, The Renardieres, The Cercueil & the vallees.[5]
Parts of the commune is within the Normandie-Maine Regional Natural Park and Forêt d'Écouves.[6][7]
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The Commune has 3 buildings and areas listed as a Monument historique.
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The arms of Mortrée are blazoned : Ermine, on a chief indented gules an escallop Or.
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Mortrée is twinned with towns are:
Shrivenham, Oxfordshire – England.[14]
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