Le Pin-au-Haras

Commune in Normandy, France

(2020–2026) Christophe Beucher^[1]Area8.66 km² (3.34 sq mi)Population263 • Density30/km² (79/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)INSEE/Postal codeElevation140–248 m (459–814 ft)
(avg. 240 m or 790 ft)¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Le Pin-au-Haras (French pronunciation: [lə pɛ̃ o aʁa] ^ⓘ) is a commune in the Orne department in north-western France.

Geography

The commune is made up of the following collection of villages and hamlets, La Lune, La Gautellerie, Courgeron, La Hamelinière, La Frênaie, Le Haras du Pin and Le Pin-au-Haras.^[3]

The commune has the River Ure running through it and five streams, the Etang des Genets, Etangs de Chagny, Chedouit, Pont de Barges & the Courgeron.

The commune is completely enclosed within the commune of Gouffern en Auge.^[3]

Notable buildings and places

National heritage sites

Haras national du Pin is the national and oldest Stud farm of France, and considered the Versailles for horses.^[4] It was created by Louis XIV and built in the 1700's.^[5] It is now a tourist attraction and was listed as a Monument historique in 1948.^[6]

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  Église Notre-Dame de l'Assomption du Pin-au-Haras.
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  Ancienne église Saint-Ouen (Le Vieux Pin) du Pin-au-Haras

See also

• Communes of the Orne department

References