Le Merlerault
Part of Merlerault-le-Pin in Normandy, France
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Le Merlerault (French pronunciation: [lə mɛʁləʁo] ⓘ) is a former commune in the Orne department in north-western France. On 1 January 2025, it was merged into the new commune of Merlerault-le-Pin.[2]
Le Merlerault | |
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Part of Merlerault-le-Pin | |
The church in Le Merlerault | |
 Location of Le Merlerault | |
  Le Merlerault  Le Merlerault | |
| Coordinates: 48°42′04″N 0°17′11″E | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Normandy |
| Department | Orne |
| Arrondissement | Mortagne-au-Perche |
| Canton | Rai |
| Commune | Merlerault-le-Pin |
Area 1 | 19.1 km2 (7.4 sq mi) |
| Population (2022)[1] | 754 |
| • Density | 39.5/km2 (102/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| Postal code | 61240 |
| Elevation | 184–321 m (604–1,053 ft) (avg. 227 m or 745 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 former Commune is within the Natura 2000 protected area of Bocages et vergers du sud Pays d'Auge.[3]
The former commune is part of a 20,593 hectare, Natura 2000 conservation area, called the Haute vallée de l'Orne et affluents.[4]
Points of interest
National heritage sites
- Ensemble castral remains of a medieval residence with a circular mound, it was registered as a Monument historique 1989.[5]
Notable people
- Foulques du Merle - (1239 - 1314) was Seigneur of Gacé and Bellou-en-Houlme, and Baron of Le Merlerault, Briouze and Messei.[6]
- François Pouqueville - (1770 – 1838) a French diplomat, writer, explorer, physician and historian, and member of the Institut de France was born here.[7]
- Léon Labbé - (1832 – 1916) a French surgeon and politician was born here.[8]
Heraldry
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The arms of Le Merlerault are blazoned : Argent, a blackbird sable, on a chief azure a heart argent between 2 fleurs de lys Or.
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Twin towns – sister cities
Le Merlerault is twinned with:
Collingbourne Ducis, United Kingdom (since 1992)[9]
