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Tinchebray

Tinchebray
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Tinchebray is located in France
Tinchebray
Tinchebray
Coordinates: 48°45′49″N 0°43′59″W / 48.7636°N 0.7331°W / 48.7636; -0.7331Coordinates: 48°45′49″N 0°43′59″W / 48.7636°N 0.7331°W / 48.7636; -0.7331
Country France
Region Normandy
Department Orne
Arrondissement Argentan
Canton Domfront
Intercommunality Communauté de communes du Pays de Tinchebray
Government
 • Mayor (2008–2014) Jérôme Nury
Area1 26.52 km2 (10.24 sq mi)
Population (2006)2 2,681
 • Density 100/km2 (260/sq mi)
Time zone CET (UTC+1)
 • Summer (DST) CEST (UTC+2)
INSEE/Postal code 610486 / 61800
Elevation 152–311 m (499–1,020 ft)
Website www.tinchebray.fr

1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

2Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.

1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Tinchebray is a former commune in the Orne department in the Lower Normandy region in north-western France. On 1 January 2015, Tinchebray and six other communes merged becoming one commune called Tinchebray-Bocage.

It was the scene of the Battle of Tinchebray fought on 28 September 1106.




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