Ceaucé

Commune in Normandy, France

(2020–2026) Michel Dargent^[1]Area41.52 km² (16.03 sq mi)Population1,162 • Density28/km² (72/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)INSEE/Postal codeElevation100–262 m (328–860 ft)
(avg. 147 m or 482 ft)Websitewww.mairie-ceauce.fr¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Ceaucé (French pronunciation: [sose] ^ⓘ) is a commune in the Orne department in north-western France.

Notable buildings and places

National heritage sites

The commune has three buildings/areas listed as a Monument historique.^[3]

• Grande-Pierre Manor is a 16th century Manor House, declared as a Monument historique in 1974.^[4]
• Manoir de la Servière is a 14th century Manor House, declared as a Monument historique in 1975.^[5]
• Menhir de la Pierre is a Neolithic megalith with four almost regular faces that was discovered in 1936 and listed as a Monument in 1976.^[6]

Notable People

• Louis Terrenoire (1908 – 1992) was a French politician who is buried here.^[7]

See also

• Communes of the Orne department
• Parc naturel régional Normandie-Maine

References