Trun, Orne

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{{Infobox French commune

|name = Trun

|commune status = Commune

|image = Hotel de Ville de Trun.jpg

|caption = The town hall in Trun

|image coat of arms = Blason Trun.svg

|arrondissement = Argentan

|canton = Argentan-2

|INSEE = 61494

|postal code = 61160

|mayor = Jacques Prigent{{cite web|title=Répertoire national des élus: les maires|url=https://www.data.gouv.fr/fr/datasets/r/2876a346-d50c-4911-934e-19ee07b0e503|publisher=data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises|date=13 September 2022|language=fr}}

|term = 2020–2026

|intercommunality = Terres d'Argentan Interco

|coordinates = {{coord|48.8438|0.0338|format=dms|display=inline,title}}

|elevation m = 81

|elevation min m = 77

|elevation max m = 151

|area km2 = 9.12

|population = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_total}}

|population date = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_as_of}}

|population footnotes = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_footnotes}}

}}

Trun ({{IPA|fr|tʁœ̃|-|Fr-Paris--Trun.ogg}}) is a commune in the Orne département and the region of Normandy in north-western France.{{Cite web|url=https://www.insee.fr/fr/metadonnees/geographie/commune/61494-trun|title=Commune de Trun (61494)|publisher=INSEE}}

Geography

The commune is made up of the following collection of villages and hamlets, Magny, Le Ménil Girard and Trun.{{Cite web|url=https://www.google.com/maps/place/61160+Trun,+France/@48.8504109,0.0232258,14z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m6!3m5!1s0x47e1fce2b76b51a3:0x40c14484fb80620!8m2!3d48.842879!4d0.032741!16s%2Fm%2F03qgpg6?entry=ttu|title=Google Maps|website=Google Maps}} The commune is spread over an area of {{convert|9.12|km2|acre}} with a maximum altitude of {{convert|151|m|ftin}} and minimum of {{convert|77|m|ftin}}{{Cite web|url=https://plu-cadastre.fr/trun-61160/|title=Trun (61) : Cadastre, PLU, zonage et risques majeurs|website=PLU & Cadastre}}

The commune is part of the area known as Pays d'Auge.{{Cite journal|url=https://www.persee.fr/doc/geo_0003-4010_1923_num_32_175_10007|title=Le pays d'Auge|first=Marcel|last=Reinhard|date=23 December 1923|journal=Annales de géographie|volume=32|issue=175|pages=33–40|via=www.persee.fr|doi=10.3406/geo.1923.10007}}

The commune has the River Dives running through it and two streams Guerard & Merdret's Creek.{{sandre|id=I1--0200|nom=La Dives}}

{{Geographic location

| title = Neighbouring communes

|width=auto

|state=expanded

|Centre = Trun

|North = Montreuil-la-Cambe

|Northeast = Écorches

|East = Neauphe-sur-Dive

|Southeast = Tournai-sur-Dive

|South = Gouffern en Auge

|Southwest = Coulonces

|West = Fontaine-les-Bassets & Louvières-en-Auge

|Northwest =

}}

=Land distribution=

The 2018 CORINE Land Cover assessment shows the vast majority of the land in the commune, 61% ({{convert|560|ha|acre}}) is Arable land. The rest of the land is Meadows at 28%, Urbanised land at 8% and Heterogeneous agricultural land at 3%.

Administration

class="wikitable"

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Start

!End

!Name

!Party

!Profession

19892026Jacques PrigentIndependent - LeftLawyer

Population

{{Historical populations

|source = INSEE[https://www.insee.fr/fr/statistiques/4515315?geo=COM-61494#ancre-POP_T1 Population en historique depuis 1968], INSEE

|percentages = pagr

|align = none

|1968 |1378

|1975 |1344

|1982 |1339

|1990 |1230

|1999 |1307

|2007 |1325

|2012 |1308

|2017 |1245

}}

Economy

Ruins and monuments

Aerial photography has revealed the trace of a Gallo-Roman habitat. In the 19th century a Merovingian dynasty necropolis was discovered.

Personalities associated with Trun

Twin towns

{{See also|List of twin towns and sister cities in France}}

  • {{flagicon|Hungary}} Fajsz, Hungary.{{Cite web|url=http://www.trun.fr/fr/information/21235/les-services-administratifs|title=Les services administratifs - Trun - Site officiel de la commune|website=www.trun.fr}}

File:Église et clocher.jpg|Church of Trun

File:Ancien pensionnat de garçons.jpg|old boarding school for boys

File:Garage Delaunay.jpg|Garage Delaunay

File:Hospice de Trun.jpg|Trun Hospice

Further reading

  • {{Cite book|title= L'Hospice et le Bourg de Trun |first=R.|last=Bonnet de la Tour |language=French |year=1968}}
  • {{Cite book|title= Mémoire en images, le canton de Trun |editor=Sutton, Alan |first1=Pierre |last1=Camus |first2=Ghislain |last2=Gondouin |language=French |year=1996}}

Notes and references

See also