Sainte-Marguerite-de-Carrouges (French pronunciation: [sɛ̃t maʁɡərit də kaʁuʒ] (listen), literally Sainte-Marguerite of Carrouges) is a commune in the Orne department in north-western France. As of 2019, the commune had a total population of 223 residents.[2]

Sainte-Marguerite-de-Carrouges
Commune
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Coordinates: 48°35′06″N 0°09′10″W
Country	France
Region	Normandy
Department	Orne
Arrondissement	Alençon
Canton	Magny-le-Désert
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Jean-Yves Portier
Area 1	8.69 km2 (3.36 sq mi)
Population  (Jan. 2019)[1]	216
• Density	25/km2 (64/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	61419 /61320
Elevation	200–291 m (656–955 ft) (avg. 279 m or 915 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

The commune is named for Marguerite de Carrouges (née de Thibouville; 1362, Château de Fontaine-la-Soret, Eure. Normandy – c. 1419), a French noblewoman and the wife of Sir Jean de Carrouges, Viscount of Bellême (c. 1330s, Carrouges, Normandy – 25 September 1396, Nicopolis, Ottoman Empire).

Sainte-Marguerite-de-Carrouges is located just a short distance north of the commune of Carrouges, the ancestral seat of the Carrouges noble family, which includes the Château de Carrouges.

See also

• Communes of the Orne department
• Parc naturel régional Normandie-Maine

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