Arrondissements of the Orne department

The 3 arrondissements of the Orne department are:[1]

  1. Arrondissement of Alençon, (prefecture of the Orne department: Alençon) with 111 communes.[2] The population of the arrondissement was 86,907 in 2016.
  2. Arrondissement of Argentan, (subprefecture: Argentan) with 123 communes. The population of the arrondissement was 110,239 in 2016.
  3. Arrondissement of Mortagne-au-Perche, (subprefecture: Mortagne-au-Perche) with 151 communes. The population of the arrondissement was 88,162 in 2016.

History

In 1800 the arrondissements of Alençon, Argentan, Domfront and Mortagne-au-Perche were established. The arrondissements of Domfront and Mortagne-au-Perche were disbanded in 1926, and Mortagne-au-Perche was restored in 1942.[3]

The borders of the arrondissements of Orne were modified in January 2017:[4]

  • 11 communes from the arrondissement of Alençon to the arrondissement of Argentan
  • one commune from the arrondissement of Alençon to the arrondissement of Mortagne-au-Perche
  • nine communes from the arrondissement of Argentan to the arrondissement of Alençon
  • 49 communes from the arrondissement of Argentan to the arrondissement of Mortagne-au-Perche
  • five communes from the arrondissement of Mortagne-au-Perche to the arrondissement of Alençon

References
  1. "Populations légales 2016" (PDF). INSEE. December 2018. Retrieved 2019-10-25.
  2. "Arrondissement d'Alençon (611)". INSEE. Retrieved 2019-10-02.
  3. Historique de l'Orne
  4. "Arrêté préfectoral, 20 December 2016" (PDF). pp. 4–14. Retrieved 2019-10-22.
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