Le Merlerault
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Le Merlerault | |
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Part of Merlerault-le-Pin | |
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| 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] <phonos file="Fr-Le Merlerault.ogg"></phonos>) 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 | edit source]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 | edit source]National heritage sites
[edit | edit source]- Ensemble castral remains of a medieval residence with a circular mound, it was registered as a Monument historique 1989.[5]
Notable people
[edit | edit source]- 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
[edit | edit source]| 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 | edit source]Le Merlerault is twinned with:
- United Kingdom Collingbourne Ducis, United Kingdom (since 1992)[9]
See also
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- ^ 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.
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