Les Genettes Explained

Les Genettes
Commune Status:	Commune
Image Coat Of Arms:	Blason ville fr Les Genettes (Orne).svg
Arrondissement:	Mortagne-au-Perche
Canton:	Tourouvre au Perche
Insee:	61187
Postal Code:	61270
Mayor:	Gilbert Matelot^[1]
Term:	2020 - 2026
Intercommunality:	Pays de L'Aigle
Coordinates:	48.6653°N 0.5689°W
Elevation M:	255
Elevation Min M:	219
Elevation Max M:	283
Area Km2:	6.54

Les Genettes (pronounced as /fr/) is a commune in the Orne department in north-western France.

Geography

The Commune along with another 70 communes shares part of a 47,681 hectare, Natura 2000 conservation area, called the Forêts et étangs du Perche.^[2]

Notable People

• Loïk Le Floch-Prigent (born 1943), was CEO of Elf Aquitaine between July 1989 and 1993 during which time he purchased the Château des Genettes, which was later questioned as part of the Elf Aquitaine fraud scandal investigation.^[3]

See also

• Communes of the Orne department

Notes and References

1. Web site: Répertoire national des élus: les maires. data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 13 September 2022. fr.
2. Web site: INPN - FSD Natura 2000 - FR2512004 - Forêts et étangs du Perche - Description.
3. Web site: Elf, le deballage des cadeaux. Karl. LASKE. Libération.