Saint-André-de-Briouze

Commune in Normandy, France

Location of Saint-André-de-Briouze

(2020–2026) Lucien Buat^[1]Area

12.21 km² (4.71 sq mi)Population

(2021)^[2]

173 • Density14/km² (37/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)INSEE/Postal code

61361 /61220

Elevation198–262 m (650–860 ft)
(avg. 263 m or 863 ft)¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Saint-André-de-Briouze (French pronunciation: [sɛ̃.t‿ɑ̃dʁe də bʁijuz] ^ⓘ, literally Saint-André of Briouze) is a commune in the Orne department in north-western France.^[3]

Geography

The commune is made up of the following collection of villages and hamlets, Saint-Denis, Les Rivières,Le Haut Bois, St-Andre-de-Briouze and La Foirie.^[4]

The commune is part of the area known as Suisse Normande.^[5]

The commune has three watercourses running through it, the River Rouvre, and two streams the Vaux and the Maufy.

Church of Saint-André
Notre-Dame chapelle
old Church of Saint-Denis

References

^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 9 August 2021.
^ "Populations légales 2021". The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
^ "Commune de Saint-André-de-Briouze (61361) − COG Insee". www.insee.fr.
^ ^a ^b "Saint-André-de-Briouze · 61220, France". Saint-André-de-Briouze · 61220, France.
^ "Map of Suiss Normande" (PDF).