Sainte-Honorine-la-Chardonne
Sainte-Honorine-la-Chardonne
Commune in Normandy, France
Sainte-Honorine-la-Chardonne is a commune in the Orne department in north-western France.[3]
Sainte-Honorine-la-Chardonne | |
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The town hall in Sainte-Honorine-la-Chardonne | |
| 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 km2 (5.6 sq mi) |
| Population (2021)[2] | 687 |
| • Density | 48/km2 (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 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
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 the River Vere.
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]
- Sainte-Honorine Church in Sainte-Honorine-la-Chardonne
- Saint Honorine Church
- 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]
- "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 9 August 2021.
- "Map of Suiss Normande" (PDF).
- "Sainte-Honorine-la-Chardonne · 61430, France". Sainte-Honorine-la-Chardonne · 61430, France.
- "Sainte-Honorine-la-Chardonne · 61430, France". Sainte-Honorine-la-Chardonne · 61430, France.
- "Dix ans de travail récompensés au jardin Renaissance de Sainte-Honorine-la-Chardonne". Ouest-France.fr. 17 October 2021.
- "Jardins du manoir de La Boisnerie - Comité des Parcs et Jardins de France". www.parcsetjardins.fr.
- 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.
- "Dans l'Orne, le cycliste Guillaume Martin inaugure ses gîtes". actu.fr. 4 December 2021.
- "Saint-Honorine-la-Chardonne. Un gîte pour séduire les cyclistes". Ouest-France.fr. 12 May 2021.
- "Guillaume Martin". www.procyclingstats.com.
