Mortagne-au-Perche
Mortagne-au-Perche (French pronunciation: [mɔʁtaɲ o pɛʁʃ] ⓘ) is a commune in the Orne department in Normandy, north-western France.[3]
Mortagne-au-Perche | |
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Subprefecture and commune | |
 The town hall in Mortagne-au-Perche | |
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Location of Mortagne-au-Perche | |
  Mortagne-au-Perche  Mortagne-au-Perche | |
| Coordinates: 48°31′15″N 0°32′54″E | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Normandy |
| Department | Orne |
| Arrondissement | Mortagne-au-Perche |
| Canton | Mortagne-au-Perche |
| Intercommunality | Pays de Mortagne au Perche |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2020–2026) | Virginie Valtier[1] |
| Area 1 | 8.6 km2 (3.3 sq mi) |
| Population | 3,758 |
| • Density | 440/km2 (1,100/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 61293 /61400 |
| Elevation | 171–264 m (561–866 ft) (avg. 225 m or 738 ft) |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
Heraldry
Arms of Mortagne-au-Perche |
The arms of Mortagne-au-Perche are blazoned : Or, 3 fern fronds vert.
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Population
| Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
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| 1968 | 4,322 | — |
| 1975 | 4,877 | +1.74% |
| 1982 | 4,851 | −0.08% |
| 1990 | 4,584 | −0.71% |
| 1999 | 4,513 | −0.17% |
| 2007 | 4,156 | −1.02% |
| 2012 | 4,059 | −0.47% |
| 2017 | 3,818 | −1.22% |
| Source: INSEE[4] | ||
People
- Geoffrey II, Count of Perche and Mortagne, grandfather of Queen Margaret of L'Aigle.
- Marie of Armagnac, duchess of Alençon, died there in 1473.
- Early Québécois settler Zacharie Cloutier (1590-1677).
- Jean-Pierre Poisson (1590-1650), an arquebusier who accompanied the explorer Champlain to Canada. Poisson returned to France, but some of his children emigrated to Quebec and left many descendants.
- City of Boucherville founder Pierre Boucher (1622-1717).
- Count Joseph de Puisaye (1755-1827), born in Mortagne-au-Perche, was the representative of the percheronne nobility in the Généraux States of Versailles of 1789. He rocks in the Counter-revolution after the arrest of the king and joined Chouannerie in Brittany. He was chosen by the Count d'Artois (future Charles X) to organize the English unloading of Quiberon in 1795 whose failure signs the end of his participation in the movement. He died exiled in Hammersmith, England.
- Ernest Granger (1844 -1914) French politician, was born here.[5]
- Philosopher and antimilitarist Émile Chartier dit Alain (1868-1951), born in Mortagne-au-Perche.
- Fashion designer Chantal Thomass lives in Mortagne-au-Perche.
- Colonizer of Canada Pierre François de Rigaud, Marquis de Vaudreuil-Cavagnal.
- Journalist Jean Planchais (1922-2006), born in Mortagne-au-Perche.
- Journalist and Swiss writer Alex Capus, born in Mortagne-au-Perche in 1961.
- Writer and music scholar Jean-Pierre Grivois, born in Mortagne-au-Perche.
See also
References
- "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 13 September 2022.
- "Populations légales 2020". The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 29 December 2022.
- "Commune de Mortagne-au-Perche (61293) − COG". www.insee.fr.
- Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE
- "GRANGER Ernest, Henri". Maitron/Editions de l'Atelier. 12 March 2020 – via Le Maitron.
- "24 jumelages franco-allemands dans l'Orne". Ouest-France.fr. 21 January 2013.
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