Nonant-le-Pin
Part of Merlerault-le-Pin in Normandy, France
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Nonant-le-Pin (French pronunciation: [nɔnɑ̃ lə pɛ̃] ⓘ) 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]
Nonant-le-Pin | |
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Part of Merlerault-le-Pin | |
The railway station in Nonant-le-Pin | |
 Location of Nonant-le-Pin | |
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| Coordinates: 48°42′26″N 0°13′18″E | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Normandy |
| Department | Orne |
| Arrondissement | Mortagne-au-Perche |
| Canton | Rai |
| Commune | Merlerault-le-Pin |
Area 1 | 18.44 km2 (7.12 sq mi) |
| Population (2022)[1] | 411 |
| • Density | 22.3/km2 (57.7/sq mi) |
| Demonym | Nonantais |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| Postal code | 61240 |
| Elevation | 180–251 m (591–823 ft) (avg. 199 m or 653 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 is made up of the following collection of villages and hamlets, La Butte,La Reboursière, La Chauvinière, Les Terres Noires,Les Mandrettes and Nonant-le-Pin.[3]
The former Commune is within the Natura 2000 protected area of Bocages et vergers du sud Pays d'Auge.[4]
The former commune is part of a 20,593 hectare, Natura 2000 conservation area, called the Haute vallée de l'Orne et affluents.[5]
Nonant-le-Pin has 2 rivers that run through it, the Dieuge and the Ure.
Notable people
- Charles-Paul Landon (1760 - 1826), a French painter and popular writer on art and artists, was born here.[6]
- Marie Duplessis (1824-1847), a French courtesan and mistress to a number of prominent and wealthy men was born here.[7] She was the inspiration for Marguerite Gautier, the main character of the 1848 novel The Lady of the Camellias.[8]
