Occagnes
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.jpg) The church of Saint-Gervais et Saint-Protais of Occagnes | |
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| Location of Occagnes | |
  Occagnes  Occagnes | |
| Coordinates: 48°46′45″N 0°04′17″W / 48.7792°N 0.0714°W | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Normandy |
| Department | Orne |
| Arrondissement | Argentan |
| Canton | Argentan-1 |
| Intercommunality | Terres d'Argentan Interco |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2020–2026) | Karine Bourdelas[1] |
Area 1 | 15.56 km2 (6.01 sq mi) |
| Population (2022)[2] | 673 |
| • Density | 43.3/km2 (112/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 61314 /61200 |
| Elevation | 160–244 m (525–801 ft) (avg. 177 m or 581 ft) |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
Occagnes (French pronunciation: [ɔkaɲ] ⓘ) is a commune in the Orne department in north-western France.
The commune is made up of the following collection of villages and hamlets, Pommainville, La Petite Rue,Cuy and Occagnes.[3]
Parts of the commune make up the area, the Plaine d'Argentan, which is known for its cereal growing fileds and horse stud farms.[4]
Occagnes 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 the River Houay and one of its tributaries the Ruisseau des Fontaines Thiot running through it.[6]
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