Sainte-Croix-sur-Orne

Part of Putanges-le-Lac in Normandy, France

Location of Sainte-Croix-sur-Orne

48°46′47″N 0°17′26″W / 48.7797°N 0.2906°W / 48.7797; -0.2906CountryFranceRegionNormandyDepartmentOrneArrondissementArgentanCantonAthis-de-l'OrneCommunePutanges-le-Lac Area

3.81 km² (1.47 sq mi)Population

(2019)^[1]

76 • Density20/km² (52/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)Postal code

61210

Elevation121–231 m (397–758 ft)
(avg. 173 m or 568 ft)¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Sainte-Croix-sur-Orne (French pronunciation: [sɛ̃t kʁwa syʁ ɔʁn] ^ⓘ, literally Sainte-Croix on Orne) is a former commune in the Orne department in north-western France.^[2] On 1 January 2016, it was merged into the new commune of Putanges-le-Lac.^[3] The 18th-century military, playwright and physician Guillaume-René Lefébure (1744–1806) was born in Sainte-Croix-sur-Orne.

The former commune is part of the area known as Suisse Normande.^[4]

References

^ Téléchargement du fichier d'ensemble des populations légales en 2019, INSEE
^ Des villages de Cassini aux communes d'aujourd'hui: Commune data sheet Sainte-Croix-sur-Orne, EHESS (in French).
^ Arrêté préfectoral 26 November 2015 (in French)
^ "Map of Suiss Normande" (PDF).