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.[2]

Tourouvre
Part of Tourouvre au Perche
Saint-Aubin church
Location of Tourouvre
Tourouvre
Tourouvre
Coordinates: 48°35′28″N 0°39′08″E
CountryFrance
RegionNormandy
DepartmentOrne
ArrondissementMortagne-au-Perche
CantonTourouvre (chef-lieu)
CommuneTourouvre au Perche
Area
1
24.01 km2 (9.27 sq mi)
Population
 (2017)[1]
1,535
 • Density64/km2 (170/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal code
61190
Elevation180–304 m (591–997 ft)
(avg. 236 m or 774 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

The first photovoltaic road in the world was under construction in Tourouvre in November–December 2016.[3] It was built by Société Nouvelle Aeracem (SNA), and dedicated by the French Minister of Ecology, Ségolène Royal on October 25, 2016.[3]

Heraldry
Arms of Tourouvre
 The arms of Tourouvre are blazoned :
Per fess, azure and Or, 3 ox heads Or and 3 maple leaves vert.
gollark: All hail xenowyrms, as I always say.
gollark: https://dragcave.net/lineage/lNQLM
gollark: Also, I'm not sure the colours go together that well, the omens look all greyish-brown...
gollark: Currently I just do arrows, which nobody actually wants.
gollark: I should get an omen or something, I have a 3G omen x silver tinsel.

See also

References
  1. Téléchargement du fichier d'ensemble des populations légales en 2017, INSEE
  2. Arrêté préfectoral 21 December 2015 (in French)
  3. Bourgin, Yohann (October 25, 2016). "High Tech. Ségolène Royal lance la première route solaire dans l'Orne". Sud-Ouest. Retrieved November 2, 2016.



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