Orne
Orne | |
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Prefecture building of the Orne department, in Alençon | |
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Flag Coat of arms | |
Location of Orne in France | |
| Coordinates: 48°42′N 0°0′E / 48.700°N 0.000°E | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Normandy |
| Prefecture | Alençon |
| Subprefectures | Argentan Mortagne-au-Perche |
| Government | |
| • President of the Departmental Council | Christophe de Balorre |
| Area | |
• Total | 6,103 km2 (2,356 sq mi) |
| Population (2023) | |
• Total | 275,201 |
| • Rank | 78th |
| • Density | 45.09/km2 (116.8/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Department number | 61 |
| Arrondissements | 3 |
| Cantons | 21 |
| Communes | 385 |
| ^1 French Land Register data, which exclude estuaries, and lakes, ponds, and glaciers larger than 1 km2 | |
Orne (French pronunciation: [ɔʁn] ⓘ; Norman: Ôrne or Orne) is a department in the northwest of France, named after the river Orne. It had a population of 279,942 in 2019.