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{{Infobox_Department_of_France|
department=Orne|number=61|
region=[[Basse-Normandie]]|
prefecture=[[Alençon]]|
subprefectures=[[Argentan]]<br>[[Mortagne-au-Perche]]|
population=292,337|pop_date=1999|pop_rank=73rd|density=48|
area=6103|area_scale=9|
arrond=3|cantons=40|communes=505|
president=[[Alain Lambert]]|pres_party=[[Union for a Popular Movement|UMP]]|
img_coa=blason61.PNG|
}}
'''Orne''' is a [[departments of France| department]] in the northwest of [[France]] named after the [[Orne River]].
== History ==
Orne is one of the original 83 departments created during the [[French Revolution]] on [[March 4]], [[1790]]. It was created from parts of the [[provinces of France|former provinces]] of [[Normandy|Normandie]] and [[Perche]].
== Geography ==
Orne is in the current [[regions of France|region]] of [[Basse-Normandie]] and is surrounded by the departments of [[Eure]], [[Eure-et-Loir]], [[Sarthe]], [[Mayenne]], and [[Calvados]]; it is the only department of Basse Normandie and Haute Normandie to be landlocked.
== Demographics ==
The inhabitants of the department are called ''Ornais''.
== Culture ==
[[Camembert]], the village where [[Camembert (cheese)|Camembert cheese]] was first made, is located in Orne.
The local dialect is known as [[Augeron]]
==See also==
*[[Cantons of the Orne department]]
*[[Communes of the Orne department]]
*[[Arrondissements of the Orne department]]
*[[Orne River]]
*[[St. Andre sur Orne]]
==External links==
*{{fr icon}} [http://www.orne.pref.gouv.fr/ Prefecture website]
*{{fr icon}} [http://www.cg61.fr/ General Council website]
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* {{en icon}} {{ODP|Regional/Europe/France/Regions/Lower_Normandy/Orne|Orne}}
*{{en icon}} [http://www.ornetourisme.com/site_EN.htm Orne Tourism]
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