Tourouvre

Tourouvre
Part of Tourouvre au Perche
Saint-Aubin church
Saint-Aubin church
Location of Tourouvre
Tourouvre is located in France
Tourouvre
Tourouvre
Location within France
Tourouvre is located in Normandy
Tourouvre
Tourouvre
Location within Normandy
Coordinates: 48°35′28″N 0°39′08″E / 48.5911°N 0.6522°E / 48.5911; 0.6522
CountryFrance
RegionNormandy
DepartmentOrne
ArrondissementMortagne-au-Perche
CantonTourouvre (chef-lieu)
CommuneTourouvre au Perche
Area
1
24.01 km2 (9.27 sq mi)
Elevation
236 m (774 ft)
Highest elevation
304 m (997 ft)
Lowest elevation
180 m (590 ft)
Population
 (2022)
1,490
 • Density62.1/km2 (161/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal code
61190
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Tourouvre (French pronunciation: [tuʁuvʁ] ⓘ) is a former commune in the Orne department in north-western France. On 1 January 2016, it was merged into the new commune of Tourouvre au Perche.

The first photovoltaic road in the world was under construction in Tourouvre in November–December 2016. It was built by Société Nouvelle Aeracem (SNA), and dedicated by the French Minister of Ecology, Ségolène Royal on 25 October 2016. In 2019, Le Monde declared the experiment a failure.

Heraldry

Arms of Tourouvre
Arms of Tourouvre
 The arms of Tourouvre are blazoned :
Per fess, azure and Or, 3 ox heads Or and 3 maple leaves vert.



See also

References

  1. ↑ "Populations de référence 2022" [Reference populations 2022] (PDF) (in French). INSEE. December 2024.
  2. ↑ Arrêté préfectoral 21 December 2015 (in French)
  3. 1 2 Bourgin, Yohann (October 25, 2016). "High Tech. Ségolène Royal lance la première route solaire dans l'Orne". Sud-Ouest. Retrieved November 2, 2016.
  4. ↑ "En Normandie, le fiasco de la plus grande route solaire du monde". Le Monde.fr. 22 July 2019.