Sainte-Croix-sur-Orne

Sainte-Croix-sur-Orne
Location of Sainte-Croix-sur-Orne
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Sainte-Croix-sur-Orne is located in France
Sainte-Croix-sur-Orne
Sainte-Croix-sur-Orne
Sainte-Croix-sur-Orne is located in Normandy
Sainte-Croix-sur-Orne
Sainte-Croix-sur-Orne
Coordinates: 48°46′47″N 0°17′26″W / 48.7797°N 0.2906°W / 48.7797; -0.2906
CountryFrance
RegionNormandy
DepartmentOrne
ArrondissementArgentan
CantonAthis-de-l'Orne
CommunePutanges-le-Lac
Area
1
3.81 km2 (1.47 sq mi)
Population
 (2019)[1]
76
 • Density20/km2 (52/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal code
61210
Elevation121–231 m (397–758 ft)
(avg. 173 m or 568 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Sainte-Croix-sur-Orne (French pronunciation: [sɛ̃t kʁwa syʁ ɔʁn] , literally Sainte-Croix on Orne) is a former commune in the Orne department in north-western France.[2] On 1 January 2016, it was merged into the new commune of Putanges-le-Lac.[3] The 18th-century military, playwright and physician Guillaume-René Lefébure (1744–1806) was born in Sainte-Croix-sur-Orne.

The former commune is part of the area known as Suisse Normande.[4]

  1. ^ Téléchargement du fichier d'ensemble des populations légales en 2019, INSEE
  2. ^ Des villages de Cassini aux communes d'aujourd'hui: Commune data sheet Sainte-Croix-sur-Orne, EHESS (in French).
  3. ^ Arrêté préfectoral 26 November 2015 (in French)
  4. ^ "Map of Suisse Normande" (PDF).