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Tourouvre

Tourouvre () is a former commune in the Orne department in north-western France. On 1 January 2016, it was merged into the new commune of Tourouvre au Perche.

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Place details

Locality: Tourouvre au Perche
Region: Normandie
Country: France
Population: 1,667

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Key facts

French commune.name: Tourouvre
French commune.image: Tourouvre, Orne, église saint Aubin bu IMG 1520 IMG 1530.jpg
French commune.caption: Saint-Aubin church
French commune.arrondissement: Mortagne-au-Perche
French commune.canton: Tourouvre (chef-lieu)
French commune.INSEE: 61491
French commune.postal code: 61190
French commune.commune: Tourouvre au Perche
French commune.elevation m: 236
French commune.elevation min m: 180
French commune.elevation max m: 304
French commune.area km2: 24.01
French commune.population

Key dates

Dissolved: 31 December 2015

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Wikidata facts

Instance of: delegated commune
Official name: Tourouvre
Country: France
Located in: arrondissement of Mortagne-au-Perche
Population: +1530
Area: +24.01
Elevation: +256
Shares border with: Autheuil
Image: Tourouvre, Orne, église saint Aubin bu IMG 1520 IMG 1530.jpg

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P1366: Tourouvre au Perche

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Tourouvre () is a former commune in the Orne department in north-western France. On 1 January 2016, it was merged into the new commune of Tourouvre au Perche.

The first photovoltaic road in the world was under construction in Tourouvre in November–December 2016. It was built by Société Nouvelle Aeracem (SNA), and dedicated by the French Minister of Ecology, Ségolène Royal on 25 October 2016. In 2019, Le Monde declared the experiment a failure.