Montsecret-Clairefougère

Montsecret-Clairefougère
A general view of Montsecret-Clairefougère
Location of Montsecret-Clairefougère
Montsecret-Clairefougère
Montsecret-Clairefougère
Coordinates: 48°47′51″N 0°40′34″W / 48.7975°N 0.6761°W / 48.7975; -0.6761
CountryFrance
RegionNormandy
DepartmentOrne
ArrondissementArgentan
CantonDomfront en Poiraie
Government
 • Mayor (2020–2026) Maxime Guilmin[1]
Area
1
13.92 km2 (5.37 sq mi)
Population
 (2023)[2]
667
 • Density47.9/km2 (124/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code
61292 /61800
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Montsecret-Clairefougère (French pronunciation: [mɔ̃səkʁɛ klɛʁfuʒɛʁ]) is a commune in the Orne department in northwestern France. It was formed in 2015 by the merger of the former communes Montsecret and Clairefougère.


Geography

The commune is made up of the following collection of villages and hamlets, L'Ainerie, Cambuzo, Langrie, Clairefougère, La Prunerie, L'Aubinière, Montsecret, La Cornière, La Cingallière, Le Pont, La Mancelière and Laufrairie.[3]

The river Noireau flows through the commune.[4]


The commune is on the border of the area known as Suisse Normande.[5][3]

Sport

Montsecret-Clairefougère has a swimming pool the La piscine intercommunale de Montsecret-Clairefougère, which has been open since 1999.[6] It is an external pool, with separate paddling pool.[7]


See also

References

  1. ^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 13 September 2022.
  2. ^ "Populations de référence 2023" (in French). National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 18 December 2025.
  3. ^ a b c "Google Maps". Google Maps.
  4. ^ Sandre. "Fiche cours d'eau - Le Noireau (I24-0400)".
  5. ^ "Map of Suisse Normande" (PDF).
  6. ^ "La piscine est ouverte jusqu'au 1er septembre". Ouest-France (in French). 23 August 2023.
  7. ^ "Cette piscine près de Flers, un bon plan fraîcheur souvent victime de son succès". actu.fr. 29 June 2025.