Aunou-le-Faucon (French pronunciation: [onu lə fokɔ̃] ⓘ) is a commune in the Orne department in northwestern France.

Geography

The commune of is made up of the following villages and hamlets, Le Port d'Aunou, Le Moulin, Le Monthart and Aunou-le-Faucon.[3]

Aunou-le-Faucon has 3 water courses running through it, The Orne plus two streams the Noës and Rogneux.[4]



Population

Historical population
YearPop.±% p.a.
1968 206—    
1975 192−1.00%
1982 208+1.15%
1990 260+2.83%
1999 243−0.75%
2009 273+1.17%
2014 227−3.62%
2020 248+1.49%
Source: INSEE[5]

Places of interest

National heritage sites

Tour aux Anglais – a 14th-century building listed as a Monument historique in 1981[6]

In popular culture

Aunou-le-Faucon featured as a fief - originally owned by Robert de Thibouville, the father Marguerite de Carrouges - at the center of a dispute between Jean de Carrouges, the husband of Marguerite, and Jacques le Gris, the favorite of their liege-lord, Peter II, Count of Alençon, in the 2021 film The Last Duel, directed by Ridley Scott.[7]

See also

References

  1. ^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 2 December 2020.
  2. ^ "Populations légales 2021". The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
  3. ^ a b "Aunou-le-Faucon · France". Aunou-le-Faucon · France.
  4. ^ Sandre. "Fiche cours d'eau - L'Orne (I2--0200)".
  5. ^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE
  6. ^ "Ancien manoir dit Tour aux Anglais à Aunou-le-Faucon - PA00110734". monumentum.fr.
  7. ^ Holzwarth, Larry. "The True Story of The Last Duel and Judicial Combat". History Collection. Retrieved 19 September 2023.