Vingt-Hanaps

Part of Écouves in Normandy, France

Location of Vingt-Hanaps

48°31′25″N 0°08′18″E / 48.5236°N 0.1383°E / 48.5236; 0.1383CountryFranceRegionNormandyDepartmentOrneArrondissementAlençonCantonRadonCommuneÉcouves Area

11.58 km² (4.47 sq mi)Population

(2019)^[1]

397 • Density34/km² (89/sq mi)DemonymVingt-HanapsiensTime zoneUTC+01:00 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)Postal code

61250

Elevation153–319 m (502–1,047 ft)
(avg. 293 m or 961 ft)¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Vingt-Hanaps (French pronunciation: [vɛ̃ anap]) is a former commune in the Orne department in north-western France. On 1 January 2016, it was merged into the new commune of Écouves.^[2]

Notable buildings and places

National heritage sites

Markers of Forêt d'Écouves a set of 80 markers positioned in the 18th century that mark the boundaries of the forest, they were registered as a Monument historique in 1987.^[3]

References

^ Téléchargement du fichier d'ensemble des populations légales en 2019, INSEE
^ Arrêté préfectoral 29 September 2015 (in French)
^ "80 bornes de la forêt d'Ecouves (également sur communes de Le Bouillon, La Chapelle-près-Sées, La Ferrière-Béchet, Fontenai-les-Louvets, La Lande-de-Goult, Radon, Rouperroux, Saint-Didier-sous-Ecouves, Saint-Gervais-du-Perron, Tanville et Vingt-Hanap..." monumentum.fr.