The Communauté urbaine d'Alençon is the communauté urbaine, an intercommunal structure, centred on the city of Alençon. It is located in the Orne and Sarthe departments, in the Normandy and Pays de la Loire regions, northwestern France. It was created in December 1996.[1] Its area is 461.7 km². Its population was 55,924 in 2018, of which 25,775 in Alençon proper.[2]

Alençon
Communauté urbaine
Location within the Orne department
Country	France
Region	Normandy, Pays de la Loire
Department	Orne, Sarthe
No. of communes	31
Established	December 1996
Seat	Alençon
Area	461.7 km2 (178.3 sq mi)
Population  (2018)	55,924
• Density	121/km2 (310/sq mi)

Composition

The communauté urbaine consists of the following 31 communes, of which 5 (Arçonnay, Champfleur, Chenay, Saint Paterne - Le Chevain and Villeneuve-en-Perseigne) in the Sarthe department:[1][3]

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