Les Champeaux

Commune in Normandy, France

(2020–2026) François Bisson^[1]Area9.65 km² (3.73 sq mi)Population100 • Density10/km² (27/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)INSEE/Postal codeElevation142–267 m (466–876 ft)
(avg. 266 m or 873 ft)¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Les Champeaux (French pronunciation: [le ʃɑ̃po] ^ⓘ) is a commune in the Orne department in north-western France. As of 2019, its population is 107.

Geography

The commune is made up of the following collection of villages and hamlets, Les Cardellières and Les Champeaux.^[3]

The commune has one river, the Viette and four streams, the Moulin Neuf, the Besion, the Crouttes & the Chateau running through its borders.

Notable buildings and places

National heritage sites

Ferme du Ronceray or Ferme des Lignerits a 16th century Farm house, that was the birth place of Charlotte Corday, it was classified as a Monument historique in 1989.^[4]

Notable People

• Charlotte Corday (1768 - 1793) French Revolution who assassinated revolutionary and Jacobin leader Jean-Paul Marat was born here.^[5]

See also

• Communes of the Orne department

References