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Sées
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Sées is a commune in France, situated within the Orne department and the arrondissement of Alençon. It serves as the capital of the canton of Sées and is located in the Normandie-Maine Regional Natural Park. The town shares borders with Neauphe-sous-Essai, Aunou-sur-Orne, Belfonds, and Le Bouillon. Its official postal code is 61500, and it is twinned with Tönisvorst.
The area of Sées is 40.31 square kilometers. According to available data, the population is listed as 4,644, with 1,871 males and 2,308 females, while another source cites a population of 4,985. The elevation above sea level is recorded as 321 meters in one dataset and 185 or 186 meters in others. The town is located in the Europe/Paris timezone.
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Place details
- Locality
- Sées
- Region
- Normandie
- Country
- France
- Population
- 4,985
- Timezone
- Europe/Paris
via OpenStreetMap · GeoNames
Key facts
- French commune.name
- Sées
- French commune.commune status
- Commune
- French commune.image
- Sées cathedral.jpg
- French commune.caption
- Sées Cathedral
- French commune.image coat of arms
- Blason ville fr Sées 61.svg
- French commune.arrondissement
- Alençon
- French commune.canton
- Sées
- French commune.INSEE
- 61464
- French commune.postal code
- 61500
- French commune.mayor
- Mostefa Maachi
- French commune.term
- 2020–2026
- French commune.intercommunality
- Sources de l'Orne
- French commune.elevation m
- 188
- French commune.elevation min m
- 170
- French commune.elevation max m
- 321
- French commune.area km2
- 40.31
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- commune of France
- Official name
- Sées
- Country
- France
- Located in
- arrondissement of Alençon
- Continent
- Europe
- Population
- 4168
- Area
- 40.31
- Elevation
- 200
- Time zone
- UTC+02:00
- Capital of
- canton of Sées
- Shares border with
- Chailloué
- Official website
- www.sees.fr
- Image
- Sées cathedral.jpg
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- topic's main category
- Category:Sées
- twinned administrative body
- Tönisvorst
- Commons category
- Sées
- postal code
- 61500
- associated electoral district
- canton of Sées
- male population
- 1871
- female population
- 2308
- P8168
- Savannah monitor
- located in protected area
- Normandie-Maine Regional Natural Park
- described by source
- Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition
- email address
- mailto:[email protected]
- phone number
- +33-2-33-81-79-70
- fax number
- +33-2-33-28-18-13
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Encyclopedic overview
16 sectionsContents
- Geography
- Land distribution
- Name
- History
- Heraldry
- Population
- Points of interest
- Sées Cathedral
- National heritage sites
- Museums
- Architecture contemporaine remarquable
- Transport
- Notable people
- Twin towns – sister cities
- See also
- References
Sées () is a commune in the Orne department in north-western France. It is classed as a Petite Cité de Caractère.
==Geography==
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Sées” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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