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Le Merlerault is a former commune in the Orne department of Normandy, France. It served as the capital of the canton of Le Merlerault and was located within the arrondissements of Argentan and Mortagne-au-Perche. The area covered 19.1 square kilometers and shared borders with Lignères, Les Authieux-du-Puits, Champ-Haut, and La Genevraie. Its elevation above sea level was recorded at 321 meters.
The population of the commune was 1,429, comprising 392 males and 417 females. The postal code for the area was 61240. Le Merlerault was associated with the electoral district of the canton of Rai. On December 31, 2024, the commune was dissolved and replaced by Merlerault-le-Pin.
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Place details
- Locality
- Merlerault-le-Pin
- Region
- Normandie
- Country
- France
- Population
- 983
- Timezone
- Europe/Paris
via OpenStreetMap · GeoNames
Key facts
- Country
- France
- Region
- Normandy
- Department
- Orne
- Arrondissement
- Mortagne-au-Perche
- Canton
- Rai
- Commune
- Merlerault-le-Pin
- Area
- 19.1 km (7.4 sq mi)
- Density
- 39.5/km (102/sq mi)
- Time zone
- UTC+01:00 ( CET )
- Summer dst
- UTC+02:00 ( CEST )
- Elevation
- 184–321 m (604–1,053 ft) , (avg. 227 m or 745 ft)
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- commune of France
- Official name
- Le Merlerault
- Country
- France
- Located in
- arrondissement of Mortagne-au-Perche
- Population
- 1429
- Area
- 19.1
- Elevation
- 228
- Time zone
- UTC+02:00
- Capital of
- canton of Le Merlerault
- Shares border with
- Saint-Germain-de-Clairefeuille
- Official website
- www.lemerlerault.fr
- Image
- Le Merlerault church.jpg
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- Commons category
- Le Merlerault
- postal code
- 61240
- associated electoral district
- canton of Rai
- male population
- 392
- female population
- 417
- email address
- mailto:[email protected]
- phone number
- +33-2-33-35-42-67
- replaced by
- Merlerault-le-Pin
- dissolved, abolished or demolished date
- 2024-12-31
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Encyclopedic overview
Le Merlerault ( French pronunciation: [lə mɛʁləʁo] ) is a former commune in the Orne department in north-western France. On 1 January 2025, it was merged into the new commune of Merlerault-le-Pin.
Geography
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Le Merlerault” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.