Rives d'Andaine

Rives d'Andaine (French pronunciation: [ʁiv dɑ̃dɛn]) is a commune in the department of Orne, northwestern France. The municipality was established on 1 January 2016 by merger of the former communes of La Chapelle-d'Andaine (the seat), Couterne, Geneslay and Haleine.[3]

Rives d'Andaine
The church in La Chapelle d'Andaine
Location of Rives d'Andaine
Rives d'Andaine
Rives d'Andaine
Coordinates: 48°31′59″N 0°28′48″W
CountryFrance
RegionNormandy
DepartmentOrne
ArrondissementAlençon
CantonBagnoles de l'Orne Normandie
Government
  Mayor (20202026) Philippe Turcan[1]
Area
1
37.14 km2 (14.34 sq mi)
Population
 (2021)[2]
2,924
  Density79/km2 (200/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
  Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code
61096 /61140, 61410
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Population

Historical population
YearPop.±% p.a.
1968 2,927    
1975 2,981+0.26%
1982 2,903−0.38%
1990 3,049+0.62%
1999 3,047−0.01%
2007 3,112+0.26%
2012 3,084−0.18%
2017 3,054−0.20%
Source: INSEE[4]

points of interest

  • Couterne Airport also known as L'aérodrome de Bagnoles-de-l'Orne is an Aerodrome within the commune that was opened in 1965.[5] It's ICAO airport code is LFAO.[6] It has a hard runway of 1060 metres and a second grass runway of 1000m.[5]

National heritage sites

The Commune has two buildings and areas listed as a Monument historique.[7]

  • Couterne flour mill built in the early 20th century this ex flour mill, now warehouse, was registered as a monument in 1995.[8]
  • Le château de Couterne 16th century Chateau, that has belonged to the same family since it was built, it was registered as a Monument historique in 1931.[9][10]

See also

References

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