Rabodanges Explained

Rabodanges
Arrondissement:Argentan
Canton:Athis-de-l'Orne
Insee:61340
Postal Code:61210
Commune:Putanges-le-Lac
Coordinates:48.8006°N -0.2822°W
Elevation M:800
Elevation Min M:70
Elevation Max M:241
Area Km2:9.32
Population:177
Population Date:2019
Population Footnotes:[1]

Rabodanges (in French pronounced as /ʁabɔdɑ̃ʒ/) is a former commune in the Orne department of the Normandy region of north-western France. On 1 January 2016, it was merged into the new commune of Putanges-le-Lac.[2]

The former commune is part of the area known as Suisse Normande.[3]

History

The former name of the parish was "Culley-sur-Orne" (until 1650).

The name "Rabodanges" is a corruption of "Rabodinghes" — a fief situated in Artois close to Saint-Omer — from where the manorial family which also owned the land of Culley-sur-Orne originated; the title of nobility was raised to "Marquis de Rabodanges" by King Louis XIV. The last representative of this family, established in Normandy since the 16th century, died without issue in 1792.

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References

  1. https://www.insee.fr/fr/statistiques/fichier/6011070/ensemble.pdf Téléchargement du fichier d'ensemble des populations légales en 2019
  2. https://www.legifrance.gouv.fr/eli/arrete/2015/11/26/INTB1532150A/jo/texte Arrêté préfectoral
  3. Web site: Map of Suisse Normande.