Saint-Michel-Tubœuf Explained

Saint-Michel-Tubœuf
Commune Status:	Commune
Arrondissement:	Mortagne-au-Perche
Canton:	L'Aigle
Insee:	61432
Postal Code:	61300
Mayor:	Christophe Pottier^[1]
Term:	2020 - 2026
Intercommunality:	Pays de l'Aigle
Coordinates:	48.7528°N 0.6897°W
Elevation M:	230
Elevation Min M:	198
Elevation Max M:	241
Area Km2:	8.73

Saint-Michel-Tubœuf (in French pronounced as /sɛ̃ miʃɛl tybœf/) is a commune in the Orne department in north-western France.^[2]

Points of Interest

National heritage sites

The Commune has two buildings and areas listed as a Monument historique^[3]

Château de Thubeuf is a seventeenth century chateau and grounds, that was classed as a Monument historique in 1992.^[4]

Buat tower is a Chappe telegraph tower, built in the eighteenth century, as part of a 58 station system, used to convey messages from Paris to Brest.^[5]

Notable People

• Eugène Pirou (1841–1909) was a photographer and filmmaker, who was born here.^[6]

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: Commune de Saint-Michel-Tubœuf (61432) − COG | Insee. www.insee.fr.
3. Web site: Les Monuments Historiques en Orne - 61. monumentum.fr.
4. Web site: Domaine à Saint-Michel-Tubœuf - PA00110932. monumentum.fr.
5. Web site: Télégraphe Chappe à Saint-Michel-Tubœuf - PA00111003. monumentum.fr.
6. Web site: Portrait de Victor Diancourt à l'âge de 65 ans, PIROU. Portail officiel des Musées de Reims.