Trun, Orne

Trun
Trun
Commune
	The town hall in Trun
	Coat of arms
	Location of Trun
	Trun Location within France Trun Location within Normandy
	Coordinates: 48°50′38″N 0°02′02″E / 48.8438°N 0.0338°E
Country	France
Region	Normandy
Department	Orne
Arrondissement	Argentan
Canton	Argentan-2
Intercommunality	Terres d'Argentan Interco
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Jacques Prigent
Area 1	9.12 km2 (3.52 sq mi)
Elevation	81 m (266 ft)
Highest elevation	151 m (495 ft)
Lowest elevation	77 m (253 ft)
Population (2023)	1,165
• Density	128/km2 (331/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	61494 /61160
	1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Trun (French pronunciation: [tʁœ̃] ^ⓘ) is a commune in the Orne département and the region of Normandy in north-western France.

Geography

The commune is made up of the following collection of villages and hamlets, Magny, Le Ménil Girard and Trun. The commune is spread over an area of 9.12 square kilometres (2,250 acres) with a maximum altitude of 151 metres (495 ft 5 in) and minimum of 77 metres (252 ft 7 in)

The commune is part of the area known as Pays d'Auge.

The commune has the River Dives running through it and a stream the Ruisseau Merdret de.

Land distribution

The 2018 CORINE Land Cover assessment shows the vast majority of the land in the commune, 61% (560 hectares (1,400 acres)) is Arable land. The rest of the land is Meadows at 28%, Urbanised land at 8% and Heterogeneous agricultural land at 3%.

Administration

List of Mayors
Start	End	Name	Party	Profession
1989	2026	Jacques Prigent	Independent - Left	Lawyer

Population

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1968	1,378	—
1975	1,344	−0.36%
1982	1,339	−0.05%
1990	1,230	−1.06%
1999	1,307	+0.68%
2007	1,325	+0.17%
2012	1,308	−0.26%
2017	1,245	−0.98%
2023	1,165	−1.10%
Source: INSEE