Berjou

Berjou
Berjou
Commune
	The railway station in Berjou
	Location of Berjou
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	Coordinates: 48°51′01″N 0°28′51″W / 48.8503°N 0.4808°W
Country	France
Region	Normandy
Department	Orne
Arrondissement	Argentan
Canton	Athis-Val de Rouvre
Intercommunality	CA Flers Agglo
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Didier Vieceli
Area 1	8.82 km2 (3.41 sq mi)
Population (2022)	427
• Density	48/km2 (130/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	61044 /61430
Elevation	58–257 m (190–843 ft) ; (avg. 200 m or 660 ft)
	1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Berjou (French pronunciation: [bɛʁʒu] ^ⓘ) is a commune in the Orne department in northwestern France.

Geography

The commune is part of the area known as Suisse Normande.^[3]

The commune is made up of the following collection of villages and hamlets, Cambercourt,Les Oiseaux, Les Cours,Le Hamel, La Trollière, Le Fang, Vervent and Berjou.^[4]

The Commune with another 20 communes shares part of a 2,115 hectare, Natura 2000 conservation area, called the Vallée de l'Orne et ses affluents.^[5]

The commune has the river Noireau running through it.

Population

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1968	473	—
1975	522	+1.42%
1982	535	+0.35%
1990	525	−0.24%
1999	508	−0.37%
2009	475	−0.67%
2014	492	+0.71%
2020	446	−1.62%
Source: INSEE^[6]

Places of interest

Museum of the liberation of Berjou was opened in 2011 and retraces the fighting of August 15, 16 and 17, 1944 around the River Noireau as part of the battle of the Falaise pocket.^[7]^[8]