Aunou-le-Faucon explained

Aunou-le-Faucon
Commune Status:Commune
Arrondissement:Argentan
Canton:Argentan-1
Insee:61014
Postal Code:61200
Mayor:Cécile Dupont[1]
Term:2020 - 2026
Intercommunality:Argentan Intercom
Coordinates:48.7306°N 0.0403°W
Elevation M:160
Elevation Min M:154
Elevation Max M:200
Area Km2:6.69

Aunou-le-Faucon (in French pronounced as /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.[2]

Aunou-le-Faucon along with another 70 communes is part of a 20,593 hectare, Natura 2000 conservation area, called the Haute vallée de l'Orne et affluents.[3]

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

Places of interest

National heritage sites

Tour aux Anglais – a 14th-century building listed as a Monument historique in 1981[4]

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.[5]

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Répertoire national des élus: les maires. data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 2 December 2020. fr.
  2. Web site: Aunou-le-Faucon · France. Aunou-le-Faucon · France.
  3. Web site: INPN - FSD Natura 2000 - FR2500099 - Haute vallée de l'Orne et affluents - Description.
  4. Web site: Ancien manoir dit Tour aux Anglais à Aunou-le-Faucon - PA00110734. monumentum.fr.
  5. Web site: Holzwarth . Larry . The True Story of The Last Duel and Judicial Combat . History Collection . 19 September 2023.