Orne is a department in the northwest of France named after the Orne River. History Orne is one of the original 83 departments created during the French Revolution on March 4, 1790. It was created from parts of the former provinces of Normandy and Perche. Geography Orne is in the current region of Basse-Normandie and is surrounded by the departments of Eure, Eure-et-Loir, Sarthe, Mayenne, and Calvados; it is the only department of Basse Normandie and Haute Normandie to be landlocked. Demographics The inhabitants of the department are called Ornais. Culture Camembert, the village where Camembert cheese was first made, is located in Orne. The local dialect is known as Augeron See also · Cantons of the Orne department · Communes of the Orne department · Arrondissements of the Orne department · Orne Riv

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