Orne 90598 205512159 2008-04-14T08:06:07Z VolkovBot 3035831 robot Adding: [[cy:Orne]] {{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] <!-- please keep this link: Dmoz page holds a Wikipedia back link --> * {{en icon}} {{ODP|Regional/Europe/France/Regions/Lower_Normandy/Orne|Orne}} *{{en icon}} [http://www.ornetourisme.com/site_EN.htm Orne Tourism] {{Departments of France}} [[Category:Orne|*]] [[an:Orne]] [[frp:Orne (dèpartement)]] [[br:Orne (departamant)]] [[ca:Orne (departament)]] [[cv:Орн (департамент)]] [[ceb:Orne]] [[cy:Orne]] [[da:Orne (departement)]] [[de:Orne (Département)]] [[es:Orne]] [[eo:Orne]] [[eu:Orne]] [[fr:Orne (département)]] [[id:Orne]] [[it:Orne]] [[pam:Orne]] [[lad:Orne]] [[la:Olina (praefectura Franciae)]] [[lt:Ornas (departamentas)]] [[nl:Orne (departement)]] [[ja:オルヌ県]] [[no:Orne (departement)]] [[nn:Orne]] [[nrm:Orne (département)]] [[oc:Orne (departament)]] [[nds:Orne (Bezirk)]] [[pl:Orne (departament)]] [[pt:Orne]] [[ro:Orne]] [[ru:Орн]] [[sk:Orne (departement)]] [[sl:Orne (departma)]] [[sr:Орн]] [[fi:Orne (departementti)]] [[sv:Orne]] [[vi:Orne]] [[tg:Департаменти Орн]] [[uk:Орн]] [[vo:Orne]] [[zh:奥恩省]]