Bailleul, Orne
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{{Infobox French commune
|name = Bailleul
|commune status = Commune
|image = Church in Bailleul with motte in foreground.JPG
|caption = The church in Bailleul with the motte in foreground
|image coat of arms =
|arrondissement = Argentan
|canton = Argentan-2
|INSEE = 61023
|postal code = 61160
|term = 2020–2026
|intercommunality = Terres d'Argentan Interco
|coordinates = {{coord|48.8006|-0.0039|format=dms|display=inline,title}}
|elevation m = 177
|elevation min m = 125
|elevation max m = 237
|area km2 = 16.67
|population = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_total}}
|population date = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_as_of}}
|population footnotes = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_footnotes}}
}}
Bailleul ({{IPA|fr|bajœl|-|Fr-Bailleul.ogg}}) is a commune in the Orne department in northwestern France.{{Cite web|url=https://www.insee.fr/fr/metadonnees/geographie/commune/61023-bailleul|title=Commune de Bailleul (61023)|publisher=INSEE}}
Geography
The commune is made up of the following collection of villages and hamlets, Fresnaye,La Londe,Vorché and Bailleul.{{Cite web|url=https://www.google.com/maps/place/61160+Bailleul,+France/@48.8128996,-0.0222731,13z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m6!3m5!1s0x480a07389192dac3:0x40c14484fb82340!8m2!3d48.8013!4d-0.004614!16s/m/03qgq2h?entry=ttu|title=Bailleul · 61160, France|website=Bailleul · 61160, France}}
{{Geographic location
| title = Neighbouring communes
|width=auto
|state=expanded
|Centre = Bailleul
|North = Guêprei
|Northeast = Coulonces
|East = Villedieu-lès-Bailleul
|Southeast =
|South = Gouffern en Auge
|Southwest = Occagnes
|West = Montabard
}}
Notable buildings and places
- Castle Mound of Bailleul is an oval mound from an 11th-century castle that used to exist here.
File:FranceNormandieBailleulEglise.jpg|Bailleul Church
File:Monument aux morts de Bailleul (3).jpg|Monument for the dead of Bailleul
Population
{{Historical populations
|source = INSEE[https://www.insee.fr/fr/statistiques/7633058?geo=COM-61023#ancre-POP_T1 Population en historique depuis 1968], INSEE
|percentages = pagr
|align = none
|1968 |430
|1975 |523
|1982 |518
|1990 |558
|1999 |603
|2009 |617
|2014 |616
|2020 |612
}}
Notable People
- Edmond Le Bœuf - (1809 – 1888) a marshal of France died and is buried here.{{Cite web|url=https://www.chateau-fort-manoir-chateau.eu/chateaux-orne-chateau-a-bailleul-chateau-du-moncel.html|title=chateau du Moncel à Bailleul, construction du XIXe siècle|website=www.chateau-fort-manoir-chateau.eu}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.landrucimetieres.fr/spip/spip.php?article5670|title=61 - PATRIMOINE FUNERAIRE DE L'ORNE : Etat des lieux - Cimetières de France et d'ailleurs|website=www.landrucimetieres.fr}}
See also
References
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{{Orne communes}}
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Category:Monuments historiques of Orne
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