Sainte-Honorine-la-Chardonne

Sainte-Honorine-la-Chardonne
Commune
The town hall in Sainte-Honorine-la-Chardonne
Location of Sainte-Honorine-la-Chardonne
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Coordinates: 48°49′29″N 0°29′04″W
Country	France
Region	Normandy
Department	Orne
Arrondissement	Argentan
Canton	Athis-Val de Rouvre
Intercommunality	CA Flers Agglo
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Emmanuel Le Secq[1]
Area ^1	14.4 km^2 (5.6 sq mi)
Population  (2021)[2]	687
• Density	48/km^2 (120/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	61407 /61430
Elevation	78–251 m (256–823 ft) (avg. 235 m or 771 ft)
^1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km^2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Sainte-Honorine-la-Chardonne is a commune in the Orne department in north-western France.[3]

Geography

The commune is part of the area known as Suisse Normande.[4]

The commune is made up of the following collection of villages and hamlets, La Barbotière,Cingal, La Pouplière, Les Petits Champs,La Soubinière,La Ferté, Le Châtellier, La Forgé Martin, La Rivière, La Pérée, La Bernottière, La Grésillière, Laubenière and Sainte-Honorine-la-Chardonne.[5]

The only watercourse to run through the commune is a River, La Vere.

Notable buildings and places

Renaissance Garden of Sainte-Honorine-la-Chardonne is a 5000m2 garden built around the ruins of the Manoir de la Boisnerie and is open to the public.[7] The garden is classed as a Jardins remarquables by the Ministry of Culture and the Comité des Parcs et Jardins de France.[8]

National heritage sites

Château de Saint-Sauveur is a 16th Century Chateau that was classed as a Monument historique in 2009.[9]

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  Sainte-Honorine Church in Sainte-Honorine-la-Chardonne
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  Saint Honorine Church

Notable People

• Guy Lefèvre de la Boderie a 16th century French Orientalist, Bible scholar and poet was born here.[10]
• Guillaume Martin is a French professional cyclist who has competed in all 3 Grand tours, winning the Mountains classification in the Vuelta a España grew up here as a child and continues to have a presence here.[11][12][13]

See also

• Communes of the Orne department

References

1. "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 9 August 2021.
2. "Populations légales 2021" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
3. "Commune de Sainte-Honorine-la-Chardonne (61407)". INSEE.
4. "Map of Suisse Normande" (PDF).
5. "Sainte-Honorine-la-Chardonne · 61430, France". Sainte-Honorine-la-Chardonne · 61430, France.
6. "Sainte-Honorine-la-Chardonne · 61430, France". Sainte-Honorine-la-Chardonne · 61430, France.
7. "Dix ans de travail récompensés au jardin Renaissance de Sainte-Honorine-la-Chardonne". Ouest-France.fr. 17 October 2021.
8. "Jardins du manoir de La Boisnerie - Comité des Parcs et Jardins de France". www.parcsetjardins.fr.
9. "Château de Saint-Sauveur à Sainte-Honorine-la-Chardonne - PA00110925". monumentum.fr.
10. Brotto, Luisa (30 July 2020). Sgarbi, Marco (ed.). Encyclopedia of Renaissance Philosophy. Springer International Publishing. pp. 1–3. doi:10.1007/978-3-319-02848-4_650-1 – via Springer Link.
11. "Dans l'Orne, le cycliste Guillaume Martin inaugure ses gîtes". actu.fr. 4 December 2021.
12. "Saint-Honorine-la-Chardonne. Un gîte pour séduire les cyclistes". Ouest-France.fr. 12 May 2021.
13. "Guillaume Martin". www.procyclingstats.com.