Crulai

Crulai
Commune
Coat of arms
Location of Crulai
Crulai Location within France Crulai Location within Normandy
Coordinates: 48°42′19″N 0°40′03″E
Country	France
Region	Normandy
Department	Orne
Arrondissement	Mortagne-au-Perche
Canton	Tourouvre au Perche
Intercommunality	CC du Pays de l'Aigle
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Philippe Croteau
Area 1	22.50 km2 (8.69 sq mi)
Population  (2023)	797
• Density	35.4/km2 (91.7/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	61140 /61300
Elevation	204–264 m (669–866 ft) (avg. 230 m or 750 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Crulai (French pronunciation: [kʁylɛ] ^ⓘ) is a commune in the Orne department in north-western France.

Geography

The commune is made up of the following collection of villages and hamlets, La Repesserie, La Blondelière, Coupey, Crulai, La Bourdinière, Le Binai and La Julannière.

The Commune along with another 70 communes shares part of a 47,681 hectare, Natura 2000 conservation area, called the Forêts et étangs du Perche.

A river, the Iton flows through the commune.

Points of interest

National heritage sites

• Cornillère Farm a nineteenth century model farm, that was registered as a Monument historique 2006.

See also

• Communes of the Orne department