Écorches
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{{Infobox French commune
|name = Écorches
|commune status = Commune
|image = FranceNormandieEcorchesEglise.jpg
|caption = The church of Saint-Agnan in Écorches
|arrondissement = Argentan
|canton = Argentan-2
|INSEE = 61152
|postal code = 61160
|term = 2020–2026
|intercommunality = Terres d'Argentan Interco
|coordinates = {{coord|48.8678|0.0936|format=dms|display=inline,title}}
|elevation m = 141
|elevation min m = 102
|elevation max m = 269
|area km2 = 9.71
|population = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_total}}
|population date = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_as_of}}
|population footnotes = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_footnotes}}
}}
Écorches ({{IPA|fr|ekɔʁʃ|-|Fr-Paris--Écorches.ogg}}) is a commune in the Orne department in northwestern France.
Geography
The commune is made up of the following collection of villages and hamlets, Le Hameau Perré, Les Lignerits, Le Moncel and Écorches.{{Cite web|url=https://www.google.com/maps/place/61160+%C3%89corches,+France/@48.8714862,0.0501771,14z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m9!1m2!2m1!1sharas+national+du+pin!3m5!1s0x47e1fb5713e59003:0x40c14484fb81b60!8m2!3d48.867238!4d0.092674!16s%2Fm%2F03qgs9w?entry=ttu|title=Google Maps|website=Google Maps}}
The commune has the River Viette running through it and a single stream the Secqueville.
{{Geographic location
| title = Neighbouring communes
|width=auto
|state=expanded
|Centre = Écorches
|North = Saint-Gervais-des-Sablons
|Northeast = Le Renouard
|East = Les Champeaux
|Southeast =
|South = Neauphe-sur-Dive
|Southwest =
|West = Trun
|Northwest = Montreuil-la-Cambe
}}
Notable buildings and places
=National heritage sites=
Church of Saint-Saturnin-des-Ligneries a 13th century church classified as a Monument historique in 1948.{{Cite web|url=https://monumentum.fr/monument-historique/pa00110797/ecorches-eglise-saint-saturnin-des-ligneries|title=Eglise Saint-Saturnin-des-Ligneries à Écorches - PA00110797|website=monumentum.fr}}
Notable people
- Gilles de Caux de Montlebert (1682 - 1733) an 18th-century French poet and playwright was born here.{{Cite web|url=https://bm.dijon.fr/ARCHIVES/doc/SYRACUSE/645685/le-nouveau-theatre-francois-tome-second|title=Le nouveau théâtre françois. Tome second|first1=Gilles de|last1=Caux de Montlebert|first2=Joseph de|last2=La Font|first3=Charles-Jean-François|last3=Henault|first4=Charles Rivière|last4=Du Fresny|first5=Hilaire Bernard de Roqueleyne|last5=Longepierre|first6=Jean-Baptiste Vivien de|last6=Chateaubrun|first7=Florent Carton|last7=Dancourt|first8=Marc-Antoine|last8=Le Grand|first9=Abbaye de|last9=Foigny|date=15 July 1735}}
- André Mare (1885 -1932) is buried at the Church of Saint-Saturnin-des-Ligneries.{{Cite web|url=https://actu.fr/normandie/argentan_61006/un-tableau-dandre-mare-sur-le-mur-du-sitcom_1034211.html|title=Un tableau d'André Mare sur le mur du Sitcom ?|date=9 April 2016|website=actu.fr}}
See also
References
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{{Orne communes}}
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Category:Monuments historiques of Orne
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