Nonant-le-Pin (French pronunciation: [nɔnɑ̃ lə pɛ̃] ⓘ) is a former commune in the Orne department in north-western France. On 1 January 2025, it was merged into the new commune of Merlerault-le-Pin.[2]

Geography

The commune is made up of the following collection of villages and hamlets, La Butte,La Reboursière, La Chauvinière, Les Terres Noires,Les Mandrettes and Nonant-le-Pin.[3]

The Commune is one of 30 communes that make up the Natura 2000 protected area of Bocages et vergers du sud Pays d'Auge.[4]

Nonant-le-Pin along with another 70 communes is part of a 20,593 hectare, Natura 2000 conservation area, called the Haute vallée de l'Orne et affluents.[5]

Nonant-le-Pin has 2 rivers that run through it, the Dieuge and the Ure.

Notable people

  • Charles-Paul Landon (1760 - 1826), a French painter and popular writer on art and artists, was born here.[6]
  • Marie Duplessis (1824-1847), a French courtesan and mistress to a number of prominent and wealthy men was born here.[7] She was the inspiration for Marguerite Gautier, the main character of the 1848 novel The Lady of the Camellias.[8]

See also

Notable residents

References

  1. ^ "Populations de référence 2022" [Reference populations 2022] (PDF) (in French). INSEE. December 2024.
  2. ^ Arrêté du 13 septembre 2024 portant création de la commune nouvelle de Merlerault-le-Pin, Légifrance, retrieved 16 January 2025
  3. ^ a b "Nonant-le-Pin · 61240, France". Nonant-le-Pin · 61240, France.
  4. ^ "INPN - FSD Natura 2000 - FR2502014 - Bocages et vergers du sud Pays d'Auge - Description".
  5. ^ "INPN - FSD Natura 2000 - FR2500099 - Haute vallée de l'Orne et affluents - Description".
  6. ^ "Charles-Paul Landon (1760-1826)". data.bnf.fr.
  7. ^ "Auberge Restaurant La Tête au Loup : site touristique du Haras du Pin, circuit de la Dame aux Camélias, Orne, Normandie 61". www.lateteauloup.fr.
  8. ^ "The Real Traviata: The tragic true story that inspired La traviata". www.roh.org.uk.
Allikas: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nonant-le-Pin
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