Aunou-le-Faucon

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Commune in Normandy, France
Aunou-le-Faucon
Commune
The English Tower in Aunou-le-Faucon
The English Tower in Aunou-le-Faucon
Location of Aunou-le-Faucon
Map
(2020–2026)
Cécile Dupont[1]
Area
1
6.69 km2 (2.58 sq mi)
Population
 (2021)[2]
247
 • Density37/km2 (96/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code
61014 /61200
Elevation154–200 m (505–656 ft)
(avg. 160 m or 520 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Aunou-le-Faucon (French pronunciation: [onu lə fokɔ̃] ⓘ) is a commune in the Orne department in northwestern France.

Geography

The commune of is made up of the following villages and hamlets, Le Port d'Aunou, Le Moulin, Le Monthart and Aunou-le-Faucon.[3]

Aunou-le-Faucon has 3 water courses running through it, The Orne plus two streams the Noës and Rogneux.[4]


Neighbouring communes[3]
Sai Gouffern en Auge
Juvigny-sur-Orne
Aunou-le-Faucon
 Gouffern en Auge
Boischampré Boissei-la-Lande Almenêches


Population

Historical population
YearPop.±% p.a.
1968 206—    
1975 192−1.00%
1982 208+1.15%
1990 260+2.83%
1999 243−0.75%
2009 273+1.17%
2014 227−3.62%
2020 248+1.49%
Source: INSEE[5]

Places of interest

National heritage sites

Tour aux Anglais – a 14th-century building listed as a Monument historique in 1981[6]

In popular culture

Aunou-le-Faucon featured as a fief - originally owned by Robert de Thibouville, the father Marguerite de Carrouges - at the center of a dispute between Jean de Carrouges, the husband of Marguerite, and Jacques le Gris, the favorite of their liege-lord, Peter II, Count of Alençon, in the 2021 film The Last Duel, directed by Ridley Scott.[7]

See also

References

  1. ^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 2 December 2020.
  2. ^ "Populations légales 2021". The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
  3. ^ a b "Aunou-le-Faucon · France". Aunou-le-Faucon · France.
  4. ^ Sandre. "Fiche cours d'eau - L'Orne (I2--0200)".
  5. ^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE
  6. ^ "Ancien manoir dit Tour aux Anglais à Aunou-le-Faucon - PA00110734". monumentum.fr.
  7. ^ Holzwarth, Larry. "The True Story of The Last Duel and Judicial Combat". History Collection. Retrieved 19 September 2023.
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