Les Genettes

Les Genettes
Les Genettes
Commune
	Coat of arms
	Location of Les Genettes
	Les Genettes Location within France Les Genettes Location within Normandy
	Coordinates: 48°39′55″N 0°34′08″E / 48.6653°N 0.5689°E
Country	France
Region	Normandy
Department	Orne
Arrondissement	Mortagne-au-Perche
Canton	Tourouvre au Perche
Intercommunality	Pays de L'Aigle
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Gilbert Matelot
Area 1	6.54 km2 (2.53 sq mi)
Elevation	255 m (837 ft)
Highest elevation	283 m (928 ft)
Lowest elevation	219 m (719 ft)
Population (2023)	160
• Density	24/km2 (63/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	61187 /61270
	1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Les Genettes (French pronunciation: [le ʒənɛt] ^ⓘ) is a commune in the Orne department in north-western France.

Geography

Les Genettes is made up of the following collection of villages and hamlets, La Houssière, La Piquenoterie, Les Genettes, La Poulevallerie, Les Côtes and Les Barres.

The Commune along with another 70 communes shares part of a 47,681 hectare, Natura 2000 conservation area, called the Forêts et étangs du Perche.

Two rivers, the Iton and L'Itonne flow through the commune.

Notable people

Loïk Le Floch-Prigent (born 1943), was CEO of Elf Aquitaine between July 1989 and 1993 during which time he purchased the Château des Genettes, which was later questioned as part of the Elf Aquitaine fraud scandal investigation.