Saint-Sauveur-de-Carrouges | |
Commune Status: | Commune |
Arrondissement: | Alençon |
Canton: | Magny-le-Désert |
Insee: | 61453 |
Postal Code: | 61320 |
Mayor: | Jean-Pierre Trouillot[1] |
Term: | 2020 - 2026 |
Coordinates: | 48.5867°N -0.1058°W |
Elevation M: | 325 |
Elevation Min M: | 209 |
Elevation Max M: | 356 |
Area Km2: | 11.42 |
Saint-Sauveur-de-Carrouges (pronounced as /fr/, literally Saint-Saviour of Carrouges) is a commune in the Orne department in north-western France.[2] As of 2021, the commune had a total population of 243 residents.
The commune is made up of the following collection of villages and hamlets, L'Être És Pont, Le Fay, Gros Fay, La Druitière, Les Noës, Le Bois Bonnevent, L'Être Logeard, L'Être Mathieu, La Noé, Les Érables and Saint-Sauveur-de-Carrouges.[3]
It is 1140ha in size. The highest point in the commune is 313m (1,027feet).
The commune is within the Normandie-Maine Regional Natural Park and Forêt d'Écouves.[4]
Saint-Sauveur-de-Carrouges 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]
The commune has five streams flowing through it, Grand Pied, Moulin de Besnard, Coupigny, Landelles and the Gue de la Heze.