| Condeau | |
| Arrondissement: | Mortagne-au-Perche |
| Canton: | Bretoncelles |
| Insee: | 61115 |
| Postal Code: | 61110 |
| Commune: | Sablons-sur-Huisne |
| Coordinates: | 48.3858°N 0.8344°W |
| Elevation M: | 109 |
| Elevation Min M: | 105 |
| Elevation Max M: | 214 |
| Area Km2: | 15.28 |
| Population: | 370 |
| Population Date: | 2019 |
| Population Footnotes: | [1] |
Condeau (in French pronounced as /kɔ̃do/) is a former commune in the Canton of Bretoncelles, in the Arrondissement of Mortagne-au-Perche, in the department of Orne (and formerly within Le Perche region) in north-western France: on 1 January 2016, it merged into the new commune of Sablons-sur-Huisne.[2]
Condeau is a town that lies near the river Huisne in Lower Normandy.
The toponym "Condeau" is a diminutive of Condé, a neighboring town name as the confluence (Gaulish condate) of the Huisne and Corbionne rivers.[3] [4]
The French demonym for people who live in Condeau is Condoléen.[5]
In 1789, after the Décret de la division de la France en départements created townships, Condeau became chief town of its canton. In 1801, the canton was abolished.
On 1 January 2016, Condeau merged into Sablons-sur-Huisne as a municipality under by Law Number 2010-1563 of 16 December 2010 on local government reform. The communes of Condeau, Condé-sur-Huisne, and Coulonges-les-Sablons merged and Condé-sur-Huisne became the chief town of the new municipality.
The town council comprises eleven members, including the mayor and two deputies.[6]
In 2019, Condeau had 370 inhabitants. Condeau's population peaked at 1,034 inhabitants in 1821.
Sites in Condeau include: