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 The château in Carrouges | |
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| Coordinates:48°34′06″N0°08′40″W / 48.5683°N 0.1444°W /48.5683; -0.1444 | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Normandy |
| Department | Orne |
| Arrondissement | Alençon |
| Canton | Magny-le-Désert |
| Intercommunality | Pays fertois et Bocage carrougien |
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| • Mayor(2020–2026) | Pierre Chivard[1] |
Area 1 | 8.58 km2 (3.31 sq mi) |
| Population (2022)[2] | 626 |
| • Density | 73/km2 (190/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 61074 /61320 |
| Elevation | 240–361 m (787–1,184 ft) (avg. 335 m or 1,099 ft) |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
Carrouges (French pronunciation:[kaʁuʒ]ⓘ) is acommune in theOrnedepartment in north-western France.[3]
The inhabitants are known asCarrougiens andCarrougiennes.[4] The town is home to a castle (Château de Carrouges), built in the 14th century byJean de Carrouges and restored after theHundred Years War.
The commune is made up of the following collection of villages and hamlets,Le Fay,L'Augrumière andCarrouges.[5]
It is 860 hectares (3.3 sq mi) in size. The highest point in the commune is 332 metres (1,089 ft).
The commune is within theNormandie-Maine Regional Natural Park andForêt d'Écouves.[6][7]
Carrouges along with another 70 communes is part of a 20,593 hectare,Natura 2000 conservation area, called theHaute vallée de l'Orne et affluents.[8]
The commune has one river, the Udon, with four streams, Grand Pied, Moulin de Besnard, Noes Morins and Rohan, which are the only watercourses flowing through its borders.
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In the Middle Ages, Carrouges was part of thedeanery ofAsnebec. In 1490, under KingCharles VIII, Jean de Blosset, Lord of Carrouges and grand marshal ofNormandy, founded on his land, with its castle, a college (dedicated to Our Lady of Good Comfort) six canons payments the appointment of the lord who was also the collateur profits. These payments were estimated in 1698 to 200 pounds inMemory of the General Alençon by the intendant, M. de Pommereuil. It is also stated in 1698, that a court called "breadbasket tax" (related togabelle paid on the salt) was located in Carrouges.
During theFrench Revolution of 1789, the town was called "Carrouges-la-Montagne". In August 1944, occupied by German forces, the city was liberated by the troops of the 3rd U.S. armored division, following the deeds of Mayor Geslain, who after being released from the German soldiers who had arrested him, indicated the positions of the Germans to the Americans.
La Ferme Ornée de Carrouges is a public garden in the style of aFerme ornée, that is split into seven different gardens.[9]
The Commune has 2 buildings and areas listed as aMonument historique.
Carrouge,Switzerland since 2000.[12]
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