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Le Merlerault | |
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Part of Merlerault-le-Pin | |
 The church in Le Merlerault | |
 Location of Le Merlerault | |
  Le Merlerault  Le Merlerault | |
| Coordinates: 48°42′04″N 0°17′11″E / 48.7011°N 0.2864°E | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Normandy |
| Department | Orne |
| Arrondissement | Mortagne-au-Perche |
| Canton | Rai |
| Commune | Merlerault-le-Pin |
Area 1 | 19.1 km2 (7.4 sq mi) |
| Population (2022)[1] | 754 |
| • Density | 39.5/km2 (102/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| Postal code | 61240 |
| Elevation | 184–321 m (604–1,053 ft) (avg. 227 m or 745 ft) |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
Le Merlerault (French pronunciation: [lə mɛʁləʁo] ⓘ) is a former commune in the Orne department in north-western France. On 1 January 2025, it was merged into the new commune of Merlerault-le-Pin.[2]
Geography
[edit]The former Commune is within the Natura 2000 protected area of Bocages et vergers du sud Pays d'Auge.[3]
The former commune is part of a 20,593 hectare, Natura 2000 conservation area, called the Haute vallée de l'Orne et affluents.[4]
Points of interest
[edit]National heritage sites
[edit]- Ensemble castral remains of a medieval residence with a circular mound, it was registered as a Monument historique 1989.[5]
Notable people
[edit]- Foulques du Merle - (1239 - 1314) was Seigneur of Gacé and Bellou-en-Houlme, and Baron of Le Merlerault, Briouze and Messei.[6]
- François Pouqueville - (1770 – 1838) a French diplomat, writer, explorer, physician and historian, and member of the Institut de France was born here.[7]
- Léon Labbé - (1832 – 1916) a French surgeon and politician was born here.[8]
Heraldry
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The arms of Le Merlerault are blazoned : Argent, a blackbird sable, on a chief azure a heart argent between 2 fleurs de lys Or.
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Twin towns – sister cities
[edit]Le Merlerault is twinned with:
Collingbourne Ducis, United Kingdom (since 1992)[9]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ↑ "Populations de référence 2022" [Reference populations 2022] (PDF) (in French). INSEE. December 2024.
- ↑ Arrêté du 13 septembre 2024 portant création de la commune nouvelle de Merlerault-le-Pin, Légifrance, retrieved 16 January 2025
- ↑ "INPN - FSD Natura 2000 - FR2502014 - Bocages et vergers du sud Pays d'Auge - Description". Archived from the original on 27 July 2024. Retrieved 2 August 2024.
- ↑ "INPN - FSD Natura 2000 - FR2500099 - Haute vallée de l'Orne et affluents - Description". Archived from the original on 9 May 2024. Retrieved 21 August 2024.
- ↑ "Ensemble castral au Merlerault - PA00110977". monumentum.fr.
- ↑ Louis de La Roque, Catalog historique des généraux français, connétables, maréchaux de France, lieutenants généraux, maréchaux de camp. Connétables et maréchaux de France depuis les premiers temps de la monarchie jusqu'à la fin du règne de Louis XIV (Paris, A. Desaide, 1896-1902), p.25.
- ↑ "Le Merlerault | CDC des Vallées d'Auge et du Merlerault". www.cdcvam.fr.
- ↑ "Léon Labbé (1830-1916)". data.bnf.fr.
- ↑ "Our village". Collingbourne Ducis Parish Council.
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