Saint-Evroult-Notre-Dame-du-Bois

Commune in Normandy, France

Location of Saint-Évroult-Notre-Dame-du-Bois

(2020–2026) Hervé Harel^[1]Area

34.47 km² (13.31 sq mi)Population

(2021)^[2]

440 • Density13/km² (33/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)INSEE/Postal code

61386 /61550

Elevation222–331 m (728–1,086 ft)
(avg. 272 m or 892 ft)¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Saint-Evroult-Notre-Dame-du-Bois (French pronunciation: [sɛ̃.t‿evʁu nɔtʁ dam dy bwa] ^ⓘ) is a commune in the Orne department in north-western France.^[3] The commune has the longest name of all the communes within the Orne department.

Points of interest

National heritage sites

Abbey of Saint-Evroul are a set of Abbey ruins registered as a Monument historique in 1967.^[4]

Notable People

Ebrulf - (517–596) a Frankish hermit, abbot, and saint, founded the Abbey here in the 7th Century.^[5]

References

^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 9 August 2021.
^ "Populations légales 2021". The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
^ "Commune de Saint-Evroult-Notre-Dame-du-Bois (61386) − Insee". www.insee.fr.
^ "Ancienne abbaye à Saint-Evroult-Notre-Dame-du-Bois - PA00110920". monumentum.fr.
^ "Saint-Evroul Abbey Ruins, Saint-Evroult-Notre-Dame-du-Bois, France - SpottingHistory". www.spottinghistory.com.