Orne

Orne is a department in . It is the least populated department of Normandy, characterized by forests and extensive pastureland. Apart from the main town of Alençon, there are no major cities, but there are a number of castles, fortresses and manor houses.
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Essential Destinations

Top destinations include Alençon and Argentan.

is a city in Orne on the River Sarthe. is a restored gem. A visit is like travelling through time. Among its centuries-old highlights are the circular wheat market, home to exhibitions beneath its magnificent glass dome; the Halle aux Toiles, now a meeting venue; and the restored Jesuit church.

is a commune and the seat of two cantons and of an arrondissement in the Orne department in northwestern . As of 2019, is the third largest municipality by population in the Orne department.

Orne

Population
276,000
Wiki­data ID
Q12679
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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Yue Chinese—“Orne” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: Orne
  • Albanian: Orne
  • Arabic: أرن
  • Arabic: أورن
  • Aragonese: Orne
  • Armenian: Օրն
  • Arpitan: Orne
  • Asturian: Orne
  • Azerbaijani: Orn
  • Basque: Orne
  • Bavarian: Département Orne
  • Belarusian: дэпартамент Орн
  • Belarusian: Орн (дэпартамент)
  • Belarusian: Орн
  • Bengali: ওর্ন
  • Breton: Orne
  • Bulgarian: Орн
  • Catalan: Orne
  • Cebuano: Orne
  • Chechen: ОгӀн
  • Chechen: Орн
  • Chinese: Orne
  • Chinese: 奥恩省
  • Chinese: 奧恩
  • Chinese: 奧恩省
  • Chuvash: Орн
  • Czech: Orne
  • Dagbani: Orne
  • Danish: Orne
  • Dutch: Orne (departement)
  • Dutch: Orne
  • Esperanto: Orne
  • Estonian: Orne’i departemang
  • Finnish: Orne
  • French: Orne
  • Galician: Orne
  • Georgian: ორნი
  • German: Département Orne
  • German: FR-61
  • German: Orne
  • Ghanaian Pidgin English: Orne
  • Greek: Ορν
  • Gujarati: ઓરને
  • Hakka Chinese: Orne
  • Hebrew: אורן
  • Hindi: ओर्न
  • Hungarian: Orne
  • Indonesian: Orne
  • Interlingua: Departimento Orne
  • Irish: Orne
  • Italian: Orne
  • Japanese: オルヌ県
  • Kannada: ಒರ್ನೆ
  • Kazakh: Орн
  • Kongo: Orne
  • Korean: 오른주
  • Ladin: Orne
  • Ladino: Orne
  • Latin: Olina
  • Latvian: Orna
  • Limburgan: Orne
  • Lithuanian: Ornas
  • Lombard: Orne
  • Low German: Orne
  • Luxembourgish: Departement Orne
  • Macedonian: Орн
  • Malagasy: Orne
  • Malay: Orne
  • Malayalam: ഓർനെ
  • Marathi: ऑर्न
  • Min Nan Chinese: Orne
  • Narom: Orne
  • Northern Frisian: Orne (Department)
  • Northern Frisian: Orne
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Orne
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: Orne
  • Norwegian: Orne
  • Occitan (post 1500): Òrna
  • Occitan (post 1500): Orne
  • Ossetian: Орн (департамент)
  • Ossetian: Орн
  • Pampanga: Orne
  • Persian: اورن
  • Piemontese: Dipartiment ëd l’Orne
  • Piemontese: Orne
  • Polish: Orne
  • Portuguese: Orne
  • Romanian: departamentul Orne
  • Romanian: Orne
  • Russian: Орн (департамент)
  • Russian: Орн
  • Scots: Orne
  • Scottish Gaelic: Orne
  • Serbian: Орн
  • Serbo-Croatian: Orne
  • Sinhala: ඔර්නේ
  • Slovak: Orne
  • Slovenian: Orne
  • Spanish: Orne
  • Swahili: Orne
  • Swedish: Orne
  • Swiss German: Département Orne
  • Tajik: Департаменти Орн
  • Tamil: ஓரனே
  • Telugu: ఆర్నె
  • Thai: จังหวัดออร์น
  • Tosk Albanian: Département Orne
  • Turkish: Orne
  • Ukrainian: Орн
  • Urdu: اورن
  • Venetian: Orne
  • Vietnamese: Orne
  • Vlaams: Orne
  • Volapük: Orne
  • Waray (Philippines): Orne
  • Welsh: Orne
  • Western Frisian: Orne
  • Western Panjabi: ضلع اورنے
  • Wu Chinese: 奥恩省
  • Yue Chinese: 奧恩

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