Saint-Sauveur-de-Carrouges

Saint-Sauveur-de-Carrouges
Saint-Sauveur-de-Carrouges
Commune
	The church in Saint-Sauveur-de-Carrouges
	Location of Saint-Sauveur-de-Carrouges
	Saint-Sauveur-de-Carrouges Saint-Sauveur-de-Carrouges
	Coordinates: 48°35′12″N 0°06′21″W / 48.5867°N 0.1058°W
Country	France
Region	Normandy
Department	Orne
Arrondissement	Alençon
Canton	Magny-le-Désert
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Jean-Pierre Trouillot
Area 1	11.42 km2 (4.41 sq mi)
Population (2022)	239
• Density	21/km2 (54/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	61453 /61320
Elevation	209–356 m (686–1,168 ft) ; (avg. 325 m or 1,066 ft)
	1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Saint-Sauveur-de-Carrouges (French pronunciation: [sɛ̃ sovœʁ də kaʁuʒ] ^ⓘ, literally Saint-Saviour of Carrouges) is a commune in the Orne department in north-western France.^[3] As of 2021, the commune had a total population of 243 residents.

Geography

The commune is made up of the following collection of villages and hamlets, L'Être És Pont, Le Fay, Gros Fay, La Druitière, Les Noës, Le Bois Bonnevent, L'Être Logeard, L'Être Mathieu, La Noé, Les Érables and Saint-Sauveur-de-Carrouges.^[4]

It is 1,140 hectares (4.4 sq mi) in size. The highest point in the commune is 313 metres (1,027 ft).

The commune is within the Normandie-Maine Regional Natural Park and Forêt d'Écouves.^[5]^[6]

Saint-Sauveur-de-Carrouges 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.^[7]

The commune has five streams flowing through it, Grand Pied, Moulin de Besnard, Coupigny, Landelles and the Gue de la Heze.