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Fontenai-les-Louvets

Coordinates: 48°31′41″N 0°00′02″W / 48.5281°N 0.000556°W / 48.5281; -0.000556
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Fontenai-les-Louvets
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Fontenai-les-Louvets is located in France
Fontenai-les-Louvets
Fontenai-les-Louvets
Fontenai-les-Louvets is located in Normandy
Fontenai-les-Louvets
Fontenai-les-Louvets
Coordinates: 48°31′41″N 0°00′02″W / 48.5281°N 0.000556°W / 48.5281; -0.000556
CountryFrance
RegionNormandy
DepartmentOrne
ArrondissementAlençon
CantonMagny-le-Désert
CommuneL'Orée-d'Écouves
Area
1
18.77 km2 (7.25 sq mi)
Population
 (2019)[1]
275
 • Density15/km2 (38/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal code
61420
Elevation257–413 m (843–1,355 ft)
(avg. 304 m or 997 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Fontenai-les-Louvets (French pronunciation: [fɔ̃tnɛ le luvɛ] ) is a former commune in the Orne department in north-western France. On 1 January 2019, it was merged into the new commune L'Orée-d'Écouves.[2] It is located in the Forêt d'Écouves in Normandy.

Notable buildings and places

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National heritage sites

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  • Markers of Forêt d'Écouves a set of 80 markers positioned in the 18th century that mark the boundaries of the forest, they were registered as a Monument historique in 1987.[3]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ Téléchargement du fichier d'ensemble des populations légales en 2019, INSEE
  2. ^ Arrêté préfectoral 10 July 2018 (in French)
  3. ^ "80 bornes de la forêt d'Ecouves (également sur communes de Le Bouillon, La Chapelle-près-Sées, La Ferrière-Béchet, Fontenai-les-Louvets, La Lande-de-Goult, Radon, Rouperroux, Saint-Didier-sous-Ecouves, Saint-Gervais-du-Perron, Tanville et Vingt-Hanap..." monumentum.fr.