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La Selle-la-Forge is a commune in France, situated within the Orne department, the arrondissement of Argentan, and the canton of Flers-Sud. It is located in the Normandy region and shares borders with the communes of Flers, Landigou, Messei, and Ronfeugerai. The town’s postal code is 61100, and it falls under the associated electoral district of the canton of Flers-2.
The commune covers an area of 8.32 square kilometers. Its population is recorded as 1,502, comprising 723 males and 743 females, while another source lists the population as 1,320. The elevation above sea level is noted as 266 meters in one dataset and 217 meters in another. The local townhall is identified as a way in OpenStreetMap data.
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Within Vinony's link graph, La Selle-la-Forge is referenced by 387 other articles, and connects out to France, time zone and geographic coordinate system.
It is catalogued under the topic Communes of Orne.
Its subject is documented across 38 Wikipedia language editions.
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Place details
- Locality
- La Selle-la-Forge
- Region
- Normandie
- Country
- France
- Population
- 1,320
via OpenStreetMap · GeoNames
Key facts
- Country
- France
- Region
- Normandy
- Department
- Orne
- Arrondissement
- Argentan
- Canton
- Flers-2
- Intercommunality
- CA Flers Agglo
- Mayor 2020 2026
- Sylvie Thieulent
- Area
- 8.32 km (3.21 sq mi)
- Population 2023
- 1,390
- Density
- 167/km (433/sq mi)
- Time zone
- UTC+01:00 ( CET )
- Summer dst
- UTC+02:00 ( CEST )
- Insee postal code
- 61466 /61100
- Elevation
- 185–266 m (607–873 ft) , (avg. 200 m or 660 ft)
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- commune of France
- Official name
- La Selle-la-Forge
- Country
- France
- Located in
- arrondissement of Argentan
- Population
- 1390
- Area
- 8.32
- Elevation
- 214
- Time zone
- UTC+02:00
- Shares border with
- Ronfeugerai
- Image
- FranceNormandieLaSelleLaForgeEglise.jpg
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- Commons category
- La Selle-la-Forge
- postal code
- 61100
- associated electoral district
- canton of Flers-2
- male population
- 723
- female population
- 743
- email address
- mailto:[email protected]
- phone number
- +33-2-33-62-10-60
- fax number
- +33-2-33-62-10-61
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Encyclopedic overview
La Selle-la-Forge ( French pronunciation: [la sɛl la fɔʁʒ] ) is a commune in the Orne department in north-western France.
Geography
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “La Selle-la-Forge” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.