Gandelain
Gandelain | |
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The town hall and church in Gandelain | |
Location of Gandelain | |
Gandelain Gandelain | |
| Coordinates: 48°28′49″N 0°05′12″W / 48.4803°N 0.0867°W | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Normandy |
| Department | Orne |
| Arrondissement | Alençon |
| Canton | Damigny |
| Intercommunality | CU Alençon |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2020–2026) | Eric Morin[1] |
Area 1 | 15.31 km2 (5.91 sq mi) |
| Population (2023)[2] | 408 |
| • Density | 26.6/km2 (69.0/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 61182 /61420 |
| Elevation | 186–370 m (610–1,214 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. | |
Gandelain (French pronunciation: [ɡɑ̃dlɛ̃] ⓘ) 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 Patrie, Beauchevron, Gandelain, La Gottière and La Chauvinière.[3]
The commune is in the Normandie-Maine Regional Natural Park.[4]
The Commune along with another 11 communes shares part of a 5,255 hectare, Natura 2000 conservation area, called the Vallée du Sarthon et affluents.[5]
The commune along with 26 others contains part of the Forêt d'Écouves.[6]
Notable people
- Marie-Azélie Guérin (1831 - 1877), mother of Thérèse of Lisieux, and later herself canonized as saint in 2015 was born here.[7]
See also
References
- ^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 2 December 2020.
- ^ "Populations de référence 2023" (in French). National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 18 December 2025.
- ^ a b "Google Maps". Google Maps.
- ^ "rapport de charte" (PDF), parc-naturel-normandie-maine.fr/
- ^ "INPN - FSD Natura 2000 - FR2502015 - Vallée du Sarthon et affluents - Description". inpn.mnhn.fr.
- ^ "UP_611 – Document PDF" (PDF). Données Normandie (DREAL) (in French). Retrieved 13 March 2026.
- ^ CAGNARD-BUDIMAN, Daphné (10 July 2019). "Lisieux. Louis et Zélie Martin, couple saint et protecteur". Ouest-France.fr.
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