Tanques
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| Country | France |
| Region | Normandy |
| Department | Orne |
| Arrondissement | Argentan |
| Canton | Magny-le-Désert |
| Intercommunality | Terres d'Argentan Interco |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2020–2026) | Lucienne Morin[1] |
Area 1 | 6.22 km2 (2.40 sq mi) |
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| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 61479 /61150 |
| Elevation | 153–234 m (502–768 ft) (avg. 163 m or 535 ft) |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
Tanques (French pronunciation: [tɑ̃k] <phonos file="Fr-Tanques.ogg"></phonos>) is a commune in the Orne department in north-western France.
Geography
[edit | edit source]The commune is made up of the following collection of villages and hamlets, Mengné,Les Coudraies and Tanques.[2]
The commune is within the area known as the Plaine d'Argentan, which is known for its cereal growing fields and horse stud farms.[3]
Tanques along with another 65 communes is part of a 20,593 hectare, Natura 2000 conservation area, called the Haute vallée de l'Orne et affluents.[4]
It is 620 hectares (2.4 sq mi) in size. The highest point in the commune is 166 metres (545 ft). The River Cance, Marais de Fleuriel stream and the Bel Usse stream flow through the commune.[5]
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