Les Champeaux
Les Champeaux | |
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 The birthplace of Charlotte Corday | |
 Location of Les Champeaux | |
  Les Champeaux  Les Champeaux | |
| Coordinates: 48°53′38″N 0°08′01″E / 48.8939°N 0.1336°E | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Normandy |
| Department | Orne |
| Arrondissement | Mortagne-au-Perche |
| Canton | Vimoutiers |
| Intercommunality | Vallées d'Auge et du Merlerault |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2020–2026) | François Bisson[1] |
Area 1 | 9.65 km2 (3.73 sq mi) |
| Population (2023)[2] | 96 |
| • Density | 9.9/km2 (26/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 61086 /61120 |
| Elevation | 142–267 m (466–876 ft) (avg. 266 m or 873 ft) |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
Les Champeaux (French pronunciation: [le ʃɑ̃po] ⓘ) is a commune in the Orne department in north-western France. As of 2019, its population is 107.
Geography
[edit]The commune is made up of the following collection of villages and hamlets, Les Cardellières and Les Champeaux.[3]
The commune has one river, the Viette and four streams, the Moulin Neuf, the Besion, the Crouttes & the Chateau running through its borders.[4][5]
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Notable buildings and places
[edit]National heritage sites
[edit]Ferme du Ronceray or Ferme des Lignerits a 16th-century Farm house, that was the birthplace of Charlotte Corday, it was classified as a Monument historique in 1989.[6]
Notable people
[edit]- Charlotte Corday (1768-1793) French Revolution who assassinated revolutionary and Jacobin leader Jean-Paul Marat was born here.[7]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ↑ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 13 September 2022.
- ↑ "Populations de référence 2023" (in French). National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 18 December 2025.
- 1 2 "Google Maps". Google Maps.
- ↑ Sandre. "Fiche cours d'eau - La Viette (I1310600)".
- ↑ Sandre. "Fiche cours d'eau - Ruisseau du Moulin Neuf (I1315500)".
- ↑ "Maison natale de Charlotte Corday, dite Ferme du Ronceray ou des Lignerits aux Champeaux - PA00110767". monumentum.fr.
- ↑ "Charlotte Corday". www.blakeneymanor.com. Archived from the original on 23 September 2015. Retrieved 13 August 2023.
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