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Orne (ôrn), department (1990 pop. 292,900), NW France, in Normandy and part of Perche. Alençon Alençon , town (1990 pop. 31,139), capital of Orne dept., N France, in Normandy, on the Sarthe and Briante rivers. A commercial center in a fertile farm area, it is particularly noted for its fine lace work, an industry which dates from the 17th cent.
..... Click the link for more information. is the capital. Orne a department of NW France, in Basse-Normandie. Capital: Alen?on. Pop.: 291 274 (2003 est.). Area: 6144 sq. km (2396 sq. miles) Orne a department in Normandy, in northern France. Area, 6,100 sq km; population, 296,000 (1973). The prefecture is the city of Alençon. Most of the department is occupied by the Perche and Normandy hills, rising to 417 m. The chief agricultural occupations are horse breeding and the raising of dairy cattle on cultivated pastures. There is a food-processing industry, producing butter, Camembert cheese, and other dairy products. Lace is manufactured and asbestos is mined in the department. Want to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit the webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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No references found | In this unfashionable region Catherine the Great, always indifferent to precedent and thrifty of purse, had built herself in her youth a many-peaked and cross-beamed cottage- orne on a bit of cheap land overlooking the bay. If Mademoiselle Cormon had been a reader or a student, and if there had existed in the department of the Orne a professor of anthropology, or even had she read Ariosto, the frightful disasters of her conjugal life would never have occurred. |
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