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Forges

former commune in Orne, France
Place Commune of France Q212396

Facts

15 properties

Identity

Instance of
commune of France, delegated commune[5]
Official name
Forges[25]

Location

Country
France[4]
Coordinate location
🗺️ 48.499°, 0.118°
Located in the administrative territorial entity
canton of Alençon-3, Orne, arrondissement of Alençon[1][2][3]
Shares border with
Vingt-Hanaps, Larré, Écouves, Semallé, Valframbert[6][7][8][9][10]

Population and size

Area
+5.01[28]
Elevation above sea level
+152, +193[26][27]
Population
215 (215–267, n=11)[13][14][15][16][17][18][19][20][21][22]
⚖ sources disagree Wikidata 220 · 235 · 250 · 223 · 235 GeoNames 228 edition 2026-09-26 · CC BY 4.0 ↗

Codes

Postal code
61250[11]
More facts +5
Associated electoral district
canton of Écouves[30]
Dissolved, abolished or demolished
December 31, 2015[12]
Located in protected area
Normandie-Maine Regional Natural Park[29]
Office held by the head of government
Mayor of Forges[23]
Replaced by
Écouves[24]
🏷️ Also known as
en Forges uk Форж zh 福尔日 zh-hant 福爾日
🔖 Identifiers · 8
Image (Wikimedia Commons)
FORGES (1).jpg ↗
Bibliothèque nationale de France ID
152681072
EHESS ID of a French commune
14373
FactGrid item ID
superzoom camera
Freebase ID
/m/03qgrcz
GeoNames ID
6454468
⚖ sources disagree Wikidata 6454468 BnF data 3017734 edition 2026-10-01 · fr-lo ↗
Insee municipality code
61175
OpenStreetMap relation ID
1111331

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🔗 Connections
Shares border with 5
Larré, Valframbert, Semallé, Vingt-Hanaps, Écouves
Located in the administrative territorial entity 3
Orne, arrondissement of Alençon, canton of Alençon-3
← Contains the administrative territorial entity 3
Orne, canton of Alençon-3, Communauté urbaine d'Alençon
Instance of 2
commune of France, delegated commune
Located in time zone 2
UTC+01:00, UTC+02:00
Associated electoral district 1
canton of Écouves
Continent 1
Europe
Country 1
France
Located in protected area 1
Normandie-Maine Regional Natural Park
Replaced by 1
Écouves
← FactGrid item ID 1
River
← Replaces 1
Écouves
← Shares border with 1
Vingt-Hanaps
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References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [1] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  10. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  17. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [20] ↑ . National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. wikidata.org.
  21. [21] ↑ . Populations légales 2017. wikidata.org.
  22. [22] ↑ . Populations légales 2018. wikidata.org.
  23. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [25] ↑ . Code officiel géographique. Retrieved . insee.fr. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  26. [26] ↑ . répertoire géographique des communes. wxs-telechargement.ign.fr. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  27. [27] ↑ . répertoire géographique des communes. wxs-telechargement.ign.fr. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  28. [28] ↑ . répertoire géographique des communes. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  29. [29] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  30. [30] ↑ . Code officiel géographique. insee.fr. Provenance: wikidata.org.

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  1. 14w ago · William Avery Bot bot · 2026-08-04 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Located in time zone → —
    "Elevation above sea level, Changing http://web.archive.org/ URLs to https (×2). See requ…"
  2. 27w ago · VIGNERON · 2026-05-05 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Replaced by → Écouves
    Area → 5.01 square kilometre
    Shares border with → Vingt-Hanaps, Larré, Écouves +1
    Coordinate location → 48.499°, 0.118°
    + 10 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "Changed the item: QuickStatements 3.0 batch #30057"
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