La Lande-Patry

La Lande-Patry
The church in La Lande-Patry
Location of La Lande-Patry
La Lande-Patry
La Lande-Patry
Coordinates: 48°45′49″N 0°35′50″W / 48.7636°N 0.5972°W / 48.7636; -0.5972
CountryFrance
RegionNormandy
DepartmentOrne
ArrondissementArgentan
CantonFlers-1
IntercommunalityCA Flers Agglo
Government
 • Mayor (2020–2026) Pascal Lecerf[1]
Area
1
6.60 km2 (2.55 sq mi)
Population
 (2023)[2]
1,730
 • Density262/km2 (679/sq mi)
DemonymLandais
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code
61218 /61100
Elevation177–232 m (581–761 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

La Lande-Patry (French pronunciation: [la lɑ̃d patʁi] ) is a commune in the Orne department in north-western France. The commune is known for its Ifs millénaires (thousand year old yews), designated as an intangible cultural heritage in France.[3]

Geography

The commune is made up of the following collection of villages and hamlets, L'Oisellerie, La Lande-Patry, Le Vivier and Rebion.[4]

The river Vère flows through the commune.[5]


The commune is on the border of the area known as Suisse Normande.[6][4]

Transport

L'aérodrome Flers-Saint-Paul is an Aerodrome within the commune bordering Flers that opened in 1937.[7][8] Its ICAO airport code is LFOG.[9] It has a 742 meter paved runway.[10]

Notable people

Jean-Claude Decosse (Born 1949) is a racewalker who was born here.[11]

See also

References

  1. ^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 9 August 2021.
  2. ^ "Populations de référence 2023" (in French). National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 18 December 2025.
  3. ^ "Ifs millénaires de La Lande-Patry" (PDF) (in French). Ministère de la Culture et de la Communication. Retrieved 21 November 2022.
  4. ^ a b c "Google Maps". Google Maps.
  5. ^ Sandre. "Fiche cours d'eau - La vere (I24-0410)".
  6. ^ "Map of Suisse Normande" (PDF).
  7. ^ "Histoire de l'Aéroclub de Flers". Aéroclub de Flers-Condé. 6 March 2011.
  8. ^ "Flers - Saint-Paul Airport · 61100 La Lande-Patry, France". Flers - Saint-Paul Airport · 61100 La Lande-Patry, France.
  9. ^ "Flers Saint Paul - France". World Airport Codes.
  10. ^ "Rent a plane from or to Flers Saint Paul with l'Avion privé". en.lavionprive.fr.
  11. ^ "Olympedia – Jean-Claude Decosse". www.olympedia.org.