Aunou-le-Faucon

Aunou-le-Faucon (French pronunciation: [onu fokɔ̃] ) is a commune in the Orne department in northwestern France.

Aunou-le-Faucon
The English Tower in Aunou-le-Faucon
The English Tower in Aunou-le-Faucon
Location of Aunou-le-Faucon
Aunou-le-Faucon is located in France
Aunou-le-Faucon
Aunou-le-Faucon
Aunou-le-Faucon is located in Normandy
Aunou-le-Faucon
Aunou-le-Faucon
Coordinates: 48°43′50″N 0°02′25″E
CountryFrance
RegionNormandy
DepartmentOrne
ArrondissementArgentan
CantonArgentan-1
IntercommunalityArgentan Intercom
Government
  Mayor (20202026) Cécile Dupont[1]
Area
1
6.69 km2 (2.58 sq mi)
Population
 (2021)[2]
247
  Density37/km2 (96/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
  Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code
61014 /61200
Elevation154–200 m (505–656 ft)
(avg. 160 m or 520 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Geography

The commune of is made up of the following villages and hamlets, Le Port d'Aunou, Le Moulin, Le Monthart and Aunou-le-Faucon.[3]

Aunou-le-Faucon has 3 water courses running through it, The Orne plus two streams the Noës and Rogneux.[4]



Population

Historical population
YearPop.±% p.a.
1968 206    
1975 192−1.00%
1982 208+1.15%
1990 260+2.83%
1999 243−0.75%
2009 273+1.17%
2014 227−3.62%
2020 248+1.49%
Source: INSEE[5]

Places of interest

National heritage sites

Tour aux Anglais a 14th-century building that was listed as a Monument historique in 1981.[6]

Aunou-le-Faucon featured as a fief - originally owned by Robert de Thibouville, the father Marguerite de Carrouges - at the center of a dispute between Jean de Carrouges, the husband of Marguerite, and Jacques le Gris, the favorite of their liege-lord, Peter II, Count of Alençon, in the 2021 film The Last Duel, directed by Ridley Scott.[7]

See also

References

  1. "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 2 December 2020.
  2. "Populations légales 2021". The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
  3. "Aunou-le-Faucon · France". Aunou-le-Faucon · France.
  4. Sandre. "Fiche cours d'eau - L'Orne (I2--0200)".
  5. Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE
  6. "Ancien manoir dit Tour aux Anglais à Aunou-le-Faucon - PA00110734". monumentum.fr.
  7. Holzwarth, Larry. "The True Story of The Last Duel and Judicial Combat". History Collection. Retrieved 19 September 2023.
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