Aunou-le-Faucon
Commune in Normandy, France
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Aunou-le-Faucon (French pronunciation: [onu lə fokɔ̃] ⓘ) is a commune in the Orne department of Normandy in northwestern France.
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 The English Tower in Aunou-le-Faucon | |
 Location of Aunou-le-Faucon | |
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| Coordinates: 48°43′50″N 0°02′25″E | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Normandy |
| Department | Orne |
| Arrondissement | Argentan |
| Canton | Argentan-1 |
| Intercommunality | Terres d'Argentan Interco |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2020–2026) | Cécile Dupont[1] |
Area 1 | 6.69 km2 (2.58 sq mi) |
| Population (2023)[2] | 246 |
| • Density | 36.8/km2 (95.2/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 61014 /61200 |
| Elevation | 154–200 m (505–656 ft) (avg. 160 m or 520 ft) |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
Geography
The commune of is made up of the following villages and hamlets, Le Port d'Aunou, Le Moulin, Le Monthart and Aunou-le-Faucon.[3]
Aunou-le-Faucon along with another 65 communes is part of a 20,593 hectare, Natura 2000 conservation area, called the Haute vallée de l'Orne et affluents.[4]
Aunou-le-Faucon has 3 water courses running through it, the Orne plus two streams the Noës and Rogneux.[5]
Population
| Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
|---|---|---|
| 1968 | 206 | — |
| 1975 | 192 | −1.00% |
| 1982 | 208 | +1.15% |
| 1990 | 260 | +2.83% |
| 1999 | 243 | −0.75% |
| 2007 | 264 | +1.04% |
| 2012 | 238 | −2.05% |
| 2017 | 246 | +0.66% |
| 2023 | 246 | +0.00% |
| Source: INSEE[6] | ||
Places of interest
National heritage sites
Tour aux Anglais – a 14th-century building listed as a Monument historique in 1981[7]
In popular culture
Aunou-le-Faucon featured as a fief - originally owned by Robert de Thibouville, the father of Marguerite de Carrouges - at the center of a dispute between Jean de Carrouges, the husband of Marguerite, and Jacques le Gris, the favorite of their liege-lord, Peter II, Count of Alençon, in the 2021 film The Last Duel, directed by Ridley Scott.[8]
