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Les Champeaux (French pronunciation: [le ʃɑ̃po] ^ⓘ) is a commune in the Orne department in north-western France. As of 2019, its population is 107.

Geography

The commune is made up of the following collection of villages and hamlets, Les Cardellières and Les Champeaux.^[3]

The commune has one river, the Viette and four streams, the Moulin Neuf, the Besion, the Crouttes & the Chateau running through its borders.

Notable buildings and places

National heritage sites

Ferme du Ronceray or Ferme des Lignerits a 16th century Farm house, that was the birth place of Charlotte Corday, it was classified as a Monument historique in 1989.^[4]

Notable People

Charlotte Corday (1768 - 1793) French Revolution who assassinated revolutionary and Jacobin leader Jean-Paul Marat was born here.^[5]

References

^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 13 September 2022.
^ "Populations légales 2021". The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
^ ^a ^b "Google Maps". Google Maps.
^ "Maison natale de Charlotte Corday, dite Ferme du Ronceray ou des Lignerits aux Champeaux - PA00110767". monumentum.fr.
^ "Charlotte Corday". www.blakeneymanor.com.

[1] "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 13 September 2022.

[popleg2021-2] "Populations légales 2021". The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.

[gmap-3] "Google Maps". Google Maps.

[4] "Maison natale de Charlotte Corday, dite Ferme du Ronceray ou des Lignerits aux Champeaux - PA00110767". monumentum.fr.

[5] "Charlotte Corday". www.blakeneymanor.com.

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