Nonant-le-Pin explained
| Nonant-le-Pin |
| Commune Status: | Commune |
| Arrondissement: | Mortagne-au-Perche |
| Canton: | Rai |
| Insee: | 61310 |
| Postal Code: | 61240 |
| Mayor: | Patrick Ameslant[1] |
| Term: | 2020 - 2026 |
| Intercommunality: | Vallées d'Auge et du Merlerault |
| Coordinates: | 48.7072°N 0.2217°W |
| Elevation M: | 199 |
| Elevation Min M: | 180 |
| Elevation Max M: | 251 |
| Area Km2: | 18.44 |
| Demonym: | Nonantais |
Nonant-le-Pin (in French pronounced as /nɔnɑ̃ lə pɛ̃/) is a commune in the Orne department in north-western France.
Geography
The commune is made up of the following collection of villages and hamlets, La Butte,La Reboursière, La Chauvinière, Les Terres Noires,Les Mandrettes and Nonant-le-Pin.[2]
The Commune is one of 30 communes that make up the Natura 2000 protected area of Bocages et vergers du sud Pays d'Auge.[3] The site is 21,541 hectares in size and consists of a well-preserved wooded landscape that hosts three protected beetles, the European stag beetle, the great capricorn beetle and the Hermit Beetle.[4]
Nonant-le-Pin 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.[5]
Nonant-le-Pin has 2 rivers that run through it, the Dieuge and the Ure.
Notable people
- Charles-Paul Landon (1760 - 1826), a French painter and popular writer on art and artists, was born here.[6]
- Marie Duplessis (1824-1847), a French courtesan and mistress to a number of prominent and wealthy men was born here.[7] She was the inspiration for Marguerite Gautier, the main character of the 1848 novel The Lady of the Camellias.[8]
See also
Notable residents
Notes and References
- Web site: Répertoire national des élus: les maires. data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 9 August 2021. fr.
- Web site: Nonant-le-Pin · 61240, France. Nonant-le-Pin · 61240, France.
- Web site: INPN - FSD Natura 2000 - FR2502014 - Bocages et vergers du sud Pays d'Auge - Description.
- Web site: Natura 2000. Chambres d'agriculture de. Normandie. 11 June 2024. normandie.chambres-agriculture.fr.
- Web site: INPN - FSD Natura 2000 - FR2500099 - Haute vallée de l'Orne et affluents - Description.
- Web site: Charles-Paul Landon (1760-1826). data.bnf.fr.
- Web site: Auberge Restaurant La Tête au Loup : site touristique du Haras du Pin, circuit de la Dame aux Camélias, Orne, Normandie 61. www.lateteauloup.fr.
- Web site: The Real Traviata: The tragic true story that inspired La traviata. www.roh.org.uk.
