Saint-Aubert-sur-Orne

Saint -Aubert -sur -Orne is a commune of 112 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2011 ) in the department of Orne in Basse-Normandie region.

Geography

Saint -Aubert -sur -Orne is located eighteen kilometers north-east of Flers. The municipality is crossed by the river Orne. The municipality consists among other things of 200 hectares of forest. In the hamlet La Saussaie there is a camp.

Culture and history

Saint -Aubert -sur -Orne was founded by the monks of Mont -Saint -Michel, who built there around the year 800 a church. They gave her the name of Saint Aubert and began the clearing of the forests. The village has long been dependent on the Abbey of Saint -Etienne in Caen. The farmers sent their pigs in the forest like there acorns to eat. The result was a custom that the pigs were brought before a representative of the ruling Abbey annually. During the Wars of Religion, the church was destroyed and rebuilt. A poor nobleman from Saint -Aubert produced counterfeit money, flew on, fled to the Roche d' Oëtre and was killed there. Before the French Revolution, the village was significant: There was a priest and two pastors vicars. In addition, there was next to the church, a prison and a notary. In a land survey 1596 Space allocations were recorded. The existence of a Lohmühle is occupied, another mill served the processing of cereals. In the past century, the village moved, a new church was built and the old church was abandoned. To this day, Saint -Aubert -sur -Orne has lost much of its former importance.

Demographics

Sports

In the spring here trained the national canoe selection.