Sainte-Croix-sur-Orne | |
Arrondissement: | Argentan |
Canton: | Athis-de-l'Orne |
Insee: | 61378 |
Postal Code: | 61210 |
Commune: | Putanges-le-Lac |
Coordinates: | 48.7797°N -0.2906°W |
Elevation M: | 173 |
Elevation Min M: | 121 |
Elevation Max M: | 231 |
Area Km2: | 3.81 |
Population: | 76 |
Population Date: | 2019 |
Population Footnotes: | [1] |
Sainte-Croix-sur-Orne (pronounced as /fr/, literally Sainte-Croix on Orne) is a former commune in the Orne department in north-western France. On 1 January 2016, it was merged into the new commune of Putanges-le-Lac.[2] The 18th-century military, playwright and physician Guillaume-René Lefébure (1744–1806) was born in Sainte-Croix-sur-Orne.
The former commune is part of the area known as Suisse Normande.[3]