Les Champeaux
Commune in Normandy, France
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Les Champeaux (French pronunciation: [le ʃɑ̃po] ⓘ) is a commune in the Orne department in north-western France. As of 2019, its population is 107.
Les Champeaux | |
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The birthplace of Charlotte Corday | |
 Location of Les Champeaux | |
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| Coordinates: 48°53′38″N 0°08′01″E | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Normandy |
| Department | Orne |
| Arrondissement | Mortagne-au-Perche |
| Canton | Vimoutiers |
| Intercommunality | Vallées d'Auge et du Merlerault |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2020–2026) | François Bisson[1] |
Area 1 | 9.65 km2 (3.73 sq mi) |
| Population (2023)[2] | 96 |
| • Density | 9.9/km2 (26/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 61086 /61120 |
| Elevation | 142–267 m (466–876 ft) (avg. 266 m or 873 ft) |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
Geography
Notable buildings and places
National heritage sites
Ferme du Ronceray or Ferme des Lignerits a 16th-century Farm house, that was the birthplace of Charlotte Corday, it was classified as a Monument historique in 1989.[6]
Notable people
- Charlotte Corday (1768-1793) French Revolution who assassinated revolutionary and Jacobin leader Jean-Paul Marat was born here.[7]
