Boucé, Orne
Boucé | |
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 Location of Boucé | |
  Boucé Location within France  Boucé Location within Normandy | |
| Coordinates: 48°38′51″N 0°05′21″W / 48.647500°N 0.0892°W | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Normandy |
| Department | Orne |
| Arrondissement | Argentan |
| Canton | Magny-le-Désert |
| Intercommunality | Terres d'Argentan Interco |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2020–2026) | Brigitte Messager[1] |
Area 1 | 20.39 km2 (7.87 sq mi) |
| Population (2023)[2] | 570 |
| • Density | 28/km2 (72/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 61055 /61570 |
| Elevation | 172–268 m (564–879 ft) (avg. 191 m or 627 ft) |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
Boucé (French pronunciation: [buse] ⓘ) is a commune in the Orne department in northwestern France.
Geography
[edit]The commune is made up of the following collection of villages and hamlets, Le Bellenger, Le Bois Pépin, La Pelletrie, La Farinière, Le Gassel, Le Cruchet and Boucé.[3]
Parts of the commune make up the area, the Plaine d'Argentan, which is known for its cereal growing fields and horse stud farms.[4]
It is 2,040 hectares (7.9 sq mi) in size. The highest point in the commune is 187 metres (614 ft).
Boucé along with another 65 communes shares part of a 20,593 hectare, Natura 2000 conservation area, called the Haute vallée de l'Orne et affluents.[5] In addition along with another eight communes shares part of a 1,630 hectare, Natura 2000 conservation area, called Sites d'Ecouves.[6]
Boucé has a total of five water courses running through it, the river Cance, Clairefontaine stream, Gue de la Heze stream, Moulin de Besnard stream and the Landelles stream.
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Population
[edit]| Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
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| 1968 | 784 | — |
| 1975 | 700 | −1.61% |
| 1982 | 645 | −1.16% |
| 1990 | 630 | −0.29% |
| 1999 | 619 | −0.20% |
| 2007 | 586 | −0.68% |
| 2012 | 622 | +1.20% |
| 2017 | 615 | −0.23% |
| 2023 | 570 | −1.26% |
| Source: INSEE[7] | ||
Notable buildings and places
[edit]National heritage sites
[edit]Feudal mound a 10th or 12th century Motte, which was classified as a Monument historique in 1975.[8]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ↑ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 9 August 2021.
- ↑ "Populations de référence 2023" (in French). National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 18 December 2025.
- 1 2 "Boucé · 61570, France". Boucé · 61570, France.
- ↑ "Normandie Développement Durable" (PDF).
- ↑ "INPN - FSD Natura 2000 - FR2500099 - Haute vallée de l'Orne et affluents - Description".
- ↑ "INPN - FSD Natura 2000 - FR2500100 - Sites d'Ecouves - Description".
- ↑ Population municipale entre 1968 et 2023, INSEE
- ↑ "Motte féodale à Boucé - PA00110750". monumentum.fr.
