Tourouvre Explained

Tourouvre
Arrondissement:Mortagne-au-Perche
Canton:Tourouvre (chef-lieu)
Insee:61491
Postal Code:61190
Commune:Tourouvre au Perche
Coordinates:48.5911°N 0.6522°W
Elevation M:236
Elevation Min M:180
Elevation Max M:304
Area Km2:24.01
Population:1519
Population Date:2019
Population Footnotes:[1]

Tourouvre (in French pronounced as /tuʁuvʁ/) is a former commune in the Orne department in north-western France. On 1 January 2016, it was merged into the new commune of Tourouvre au Perche.[2]

The first photovoltaic road in the world was under construction in Tourouvre in November–December 2016.[3] It was built by Société Nouvelle Aeracem (SNA), and dedicated by the French Minister of Ecology, Ségolène Royal on 25 October 2016.[3] In 2019, Le Monde declared the experiment a failure.[4]

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Notes and 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/2015/12/21/INTB1600629A/jo/texte Arrêté préfectoral
  3. News: Bourgin. Yohann. High Tech. Ségolène Royal lance la première route solaire dans l'Orne. November 2, 2016. Sud-Ouest. October 25, 2016.
  4. News: En Normandie, le fiasco de la plus grande route solaire du monde . Le Monde.fr . 22 July 2019 .