Condeau
Condeau | |
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Part of Sablons-sur-Huisne | |
 Location of Condeau | |
  Condeau Location within France  Condeau Location within Normandy | |
| Coordinates: 48°23′09″N 0°50′04″E / 48.3858°N 0.8344°E | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Normandy |
| Department | Orne |
| Arrondissement | Mortagne-au-Perche |
| Canton | Bretoncelles |
| Commune | Sablons-sur-Huisne |
Area 1 | 15.28 km2 (5.90 sq mi) |
| Population (2023)[1] | 351 |
| • Density | 23.0/km2 (59.5/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| Postal code | 61110 |
| Elevation | 105–214 m (344–702 ft) (avg. 109 m or 358 ft) |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
Condeau (French pronunciation: [kɔ̃do] ⓘ) is a former commune in the Canton of Bretoncelles, in the Arrondissement of Mortagne-au-Perche, in the department of Orne (and formerly within Le Perche region) in north-western France: on 1 January 2016, it merged into the new commune of Sablons-sur-Huisne.[2]
Origins and etymology
[edit]Condeau is a town that lies near the river Huisne in Lower Normandy.
The toponym "Condeau" is a diminutive of Condé, a neighboring town name as the confluence (Gaulish condate) of the Huisne and Corbionne rivers.[3][4]
Demonym
[edit]The French demonym for people who live in Condeau is Condoléen.[5]
History
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In 1789, after the Décret de la division de la France en départements created townships, Condeau became chief town of its canton. In 1801, the canton was abolished.
On 1 January 2016, Condeau merged into Sablons-sur-Huisne as a municipality under by Law Number 2010-1563 of 16 December 2010 on local government reform. The communes of Condeau, Condé-sur-Huisne, and Coulonges-les-Sablons merged and Condé-sur-Huisne became the chief town of the new municipality.
Administration
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The town council comprises eleven members, including the mayor and two deputies.[6]
Sites
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Sites in Condeau include:
- Church of Saint-Denis (Église Saint-Denis): 16th-century church that houses three paintings registered as historic monuments
- Villeray Castle (Château de Villeray ): 18th-century castle registered as an historic monument
- Old Mill on the Huisne (Ancien moulin sur l'Huisne): Dependency of the castle of Villeray
- Manor Grand Brolles: 16th-century chapel
- Radray Chapel (Chapelle de Radray)[7]
Notable inhabitants
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- Jacques-Claude Dugué d'Assé (1749-1830), French politician
- Robert-Jules Garnier (1883-1958), French chief designer
- James Rossant (1928-2009), American architect and artist
- Colette Rossant (1932-2023), French-American writer
See also
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- Communes of the Orne department
- Le Perche
- Percheron
- Regional Natural Park of Perche
References
[edit]- ↑ "Populations de référence 2023" [Reference populations 2023] (PDF) (in French). INSEE. December 2025.
- ↑ "Arrêté du 25 septembre 2015 portant création de la commune nouvelle de Sablons sur Huisne". LegiFrance. 25 September 2015. Retrieved 1 July 2018.
- ↑ Lepelley, René (October 1999). Noms de lieux de Normandie et des îles Anglo-Normandes. Bonneton. p. 85. ISBN 2-86253-247-9.
- ↑ Nègre, Ernest (1998). Toponymie générale de la France. Libraire Droze. p. 1721. ISBN 9782600028844.
- ↑ "Un troc plantes de plus en plus prometteur". Ouest-France. Retrieved 11 November 2016.
- ↑ "Condeau (61110) - Municipales 2014". Ouest-France. Retrieved 13 June 2014.
- ↑ "Chapelle de Radray". Observatoire du Patrimoine Religieux. Retrieved 1 July 2018.
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