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Orne | |
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Coordinates: 48°42′N 0°0′E / 48.700°N 0.000°E | |
Country | France |
Region | Normandy |
Prefecture | Alençon |
Subprefectures | Argentan Mortagne-au-Perche |
Government | |
• President of the Departmental Council | Christophe de Balorre[1] |
Area | |
• Total | 6,103 km2 (2,356 sq mi) |
Population (2021)[2] | |
• Total | 276,973 |
• Rank | 78th |
• Density | 45/km2 (120/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
Department number | 61 |
Arrondissements | 3 |
Cantons | 21 |
Communes | 385 |
^1 French Land Register data, which exclude estuaries, and lakes, ponds, and glaciers larger than 1 km2 |
Orne (French pronunciation: [ɔʁn] ⓘ; Norman: Ôrne or Orne) is a département in the northwest of France, named after the river Orne. It had a population of 279,942 in 2019.[3]