Saint-Quentin-les-Chardonnets
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| Coordinates: 48°47′07″N 0°45′28″W / 48.7853°N 0.7578°W | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Normandy |
| Department | Orne |
| Arrondissement | Argentan |
| Canton | Domfront en Poiraie |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2020–2026) | Sébastien Chrétien[1] |
Area 1 | 9 km2 (3.5 sq mi) |
| Population (2023)[2] | 322 |
| • Density | 36/km2 (93/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 61451 /61800 |
| Elevation | 152–286 m (499–938 ft) (avg. 220 m or 720 ft) |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
Saint-Quentin-les-Chardonnets (French pronunciation: [sɛ̃ kɑ̃tɛ̃ le ʃaʁdɔnɛ] ⓘ) is a commune in the Orne department in north-western France.[3]
Geography
The commune is made up of the following collection of villages and hamlets, Le Vivier, La Vallée, La Quérullière, La Houlette, Saint-Quentin-les-Chardonnets, La Perrochère, Les Domaines, Le Bouillon, La Morousière, La Dauphinière and La Vrainière.[4]
Points of Interest
- Musée d'Andy et Wendy Fowler is a museum dedicated to Wireless vintage radios, Avon bottles and the mechanism of the old bell tower clock from the church opposite that first opened in 2004.[5][6]
Notable people
- Jean-Baptiste Quéruel (1779 -1845) the inventor of the method for industrial production of sugar from beet was born here.[7]
See also
References
- ^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 13 September 2022.
- ^ "Populations de référence 2023" (in French). National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 18 December 2025.
- ^ "Commune de Saint-Quentin-les-Chardonnets (61451)". INSEE.
- ^ a b "Google Maps". Google Maps.
- ^ "Entre Flers et Vire, ces Anglais abritent un musée unique et rempli d'histoire". actu.fr. 7 January 2024.
- ^ "Un circuit : la découverte des métiers d'autrefois". Ouest-France (in French). 11 September 2015.
- ^ "EN IMAGES. J'ai visité pour vous la prison royale de Tinchebray". actu.fr. 22 July 2018.
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