Écouché

Écouché () is a former commune in the Orne department in north-western France. On 1 January 2016, it was merged into the new commune of Écouché-les-Vallées.

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Place details

Locality: Écouché-les-Vallées
Region: Normandie
Country: France
Population: 1,413
Timezone: Europe/Paris

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Key facts

French commune.name: Écouché
French commune.image coat of arms: Blason Ecouché.svg
French commune.arrondissement: Argentan
French commune.canton: Magny-le-Désert
French commune.INSEE: 61153
French commune.postal code: 61150
French commune.commune: Écouché-les-Vallées
French commune.elevation min m: 147
French commune.elevation max m: 184
French commune.area km2: 5.22
French commune.population: 1351
French commune.population date: 2022

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Wikidata facts

Official name: Écouché
Population: 1268
Area: 5.22
Elevation: 171
Image: Ecouche1.jpg

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Commons category: Écouché
dissolved, abolished or demolished date: 2015-12-31
postal code: 61150

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Contents

The village
History timeline
Medieval fortifications
The towers of Écouché
Écouché before the Revolution
Economic history
Economic and social history
World War II
Population
Geography
See also
References

Écouché () is a former commune in the Orne department in north-western France. On 1 January 2016, it was merged into the new commune of Écouché-les-Vallées.

==The village== Écouché stands out today for the monumental church, a very rare Republican altar, several medieval merchants' houses, a number of original towers, a network of well-conserved lanes and – a reminder of the ordeal of World War II and the Liberation – a M4 Sherman assault tank.