Putanges-Pont-Écrepin

Part of Putanges-le-Lac in Normandy, France

Location of Putanges-Pont-Écrepin

48°45′52″N 0°14′45″W / 48.7644°N 0.2458°W / 48.7644; -0.2458CountryFranceRegionNormandyDepartmentOrneArrondissementArgentanCantonAthis-de-l'OrneCommunePutanges-le-Lac Area

10.12 km² (3.91 sq mi)Population

(2019)^[1]

990 • Density98/km² (250/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)Postal code

61210

Elevation121–241 m (397–791 ft)
(avg. 137 m or 449 ft)Websitewww.ville-putanges.fr¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Putanges-Pont-Écrepin (French pronunciation: [pytɑ̃ʒ pɔ̃.t‿ekʁəpɛ̃] ^ⓘ) is a village and a former commune in the Orne département of north-western France. On 1 January 2016, it was merged into the new commune of Putanges-le-Lac.^[2]

The former commune is part of the area known as Suisse Normande.^[3]

Heraldry

The arms of Putanges-Pont-Écrepin are blazoned :
Or, a lion vert, armed, langued and crowned argent, standing on a 3-arched bridge sable masoned argent, issuant from a base engrailed (river) azure.