Moussonvilliers | |
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Part of Charencey | |
Location of Moussonvilliers  | |
  Moussonvilliers  Moussonvilliers | |
| Coordinates: 48°38′16″N 0°47′37″E / 48.6378°N 0.7936°E | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Normandy |
| Department | Orne |
| Arrondissement | Mortagne-au-Perche |
| Canton | Tourouvre |
| Commune | Charencey |
| Area 1 | 21.94 km2 (8.47 sq mi) |
| Population (2019)[1] | 218 |
| • Density | 9.9/km2 (26/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| Postal code | 61190 |
| Elevation | 185–259 m (607–850 ft) (avg. 220 m or 720 ft) |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
Moussonvilliers (French pronunciation: [musɔ̃vilje] ) is a former commune in the Orne department in north-western France. On 1 January 2018, it was merged into the new commune of Charencey.[2]
Pierre Laval, who served as the Prime Minister of France from 1942 to 1944, purchased the Domaine de la Corbière for 400,000 French francs in 1923, where he raised cattle and bred horses.[3]
- ^ Téléchargement du fichier d'ensemble des populations légales en 2019, INSEE
- ^ Arrêté préfectoral 22 September 2017 (in French)
- ^ Kupferman, Fred (2015). Pierre Laval (2nd ed.). Paris: Tallandier. pp. 25–53. ISBN 9782847342543 – via Cairn.info.