Moulins-sur-Orne
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Moulins-sur-Orne | |
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.jpg) The church in Moulins-sur-Orne | |
 Location of Moulins-sur-Orne | |
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| Coordinates: 48°45′32″N 0°04′17″W / 48.7589°N 0.0714°W | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Normandy |
| Department | Orne |
| Arrondissement | Argentan |
| Canton | Argentan-1 |
| Intercommunality | Terres d'Argentan Interco |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2020–2026) | Roger Ruppert[1] |
Area 1 | 9.14 km2 (3.53 sq mi) |
| Population (2023)[2] | 306 |
| • Density | 33.5/km2 (86.7/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 61298 /61200 |
| Elevation | 150–191 m (492–627 ft) (avg. 170 m or 560 ft) |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
Moulins-sur-Orne (French pronunciation: [mulɛ̃ syʁ ɔʁn] ⓘ, literally Moulins on Orne) is a commune in the Orne department in north-western France.
The commune is made up of the following collection of villages and hamlets, Moulins-sur-Orne, Les Marteaux' and Bel œuvre.[3]
The commune is within the area known as the Plaine d'Argentan, which is known for its cereal growing fields and horse stud farms.[4]
Moulins-sur-Orne 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.[5]
The commune has three rivers running through it, the river Orne and one of its tributaries the Houay, plus a tributary to the Houay, called the Ruisseau des Fontaines Thiot [6][7]
