Radon, Orne

Part of Écouves in Normandy, France

Location of Radon

48°30′14″N 0°06′09″E / 48.5039°N 0.1025°E / 48.5039; 0.1025CountryFranceRegionNormandyDepartmentOrneArrondissementAlençonCantonRadonCommuneÉcouves Area

19.81 km² (7.65 sq mi)Population

(2019)^[1]

1,036 • Density52/km² (140/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)Postal code

61250

Elevation148–345 m (486–1,132 ft)
(avg. 180 m or 590 ft)¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Radon (French pronunciation: [ʁadɔ̃] ^ⓘ) is a former commune in the Orne department in north-western France. On 1 January 2016, it was merged into the new commune of Écouves.^[2] It is around 7 km north of Alençon.

Notable buildings and places

National heritage sites

Markers of Forêt d'Écouves a set of 80 markers positioned in the 18th century that mark the boundaries of the forest, they were registered as a Monument historique in 1987.^[3]

References

^ Téléchargement du fichier d'ensemble des populations légales en 2019, INSEE
^ Arrêté préfectoral 29 September 2015 (in French)
^ "80 bornes de la forêt d'Ecouves (également sur communes de Le Bouillon, La Chapelle-près-Sées, La Ferrière-Béchet, Fontenai-les-Louvets, La Lande-de-Goult, Radon, Rouperroux, Saint-Didier-sous-Ecouves, Saint-Gervais-du-Perron, Tanville et Vingt-Hanap..." monumentum.fr.