Écorches (French pronunciation: [ekɔʁʃ] (listen)) is a commune in the Orne department in northwestern France. It is the birth place of Charlotte Corday, Girondist and assassin of Marat.

Écorches
Commune
The church of Saint-Agnan in Écorches
Location of Écorches
Écorches Show map of France Écorches Show map of Normandy
Coordinates: 48°52′04″N 0°05′37″E
Country	France
Region	Normandy
Department	Orne
Arrondissement	Argentan
Canton	Argentan-2
Intercommunality	Argentan Intercom
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Thierry Couanon[1]
Area 1	9.71 km2 (3.75 sq mi)
Population  (Jan. 2019)[2]	98
• Density	10/km2 (26/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	61152 /61160
Elevation	102–269 m (335–883 ft) (avg. 141 m or 463 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Notable people

• Charlotte Corday (1768–1793) was born here, in the hamlet of Saint-Saturnin-des-Ligneries.

See also

• Communes of the Orne department

References

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