Radon
ArrondissementAlençon
CantonRadon
Insee61341
Postal code61250
CommuneÉcouves
Coordinates48.5039°N 0.1025°E
Elevation m180
Elevation min m148
Elevation max m345
Area km 219.81
Population1036
Population date2019
Population footnotes[1]

Radon (ʁadɔ̃) is a former commune in the Orne department in north-western France. On 1 January 2016, it was merged into the new commune of Écouves.[2] It is around 7 km north of Alençon.

Notable buildings and places

National heritage sites

  • Markers of Forêt d'Écouves a set of 80 markers positioned in the 18th century that mark the boundaries of the forest, they were registered as a Monument historique in 1987.[3]

See also

References

  1. ^ Téléchargement du fichier d'ensemble des populations légales en 2019, INSEE
  2. ^ Arrêté préfectoral 29 September 2015 (in French)
  3. ^ "80 bornes de la forêt d'Ecouves (également sur communes de Le Bouillon, La Chapelle-près-Sées, La Ferrière-Béchet, Fontenai-les-Louvets, La Lande-de-Goult, Radon, Rouperroux, Saint-Didier-sous-Ecouves, Saint-Gervais-du-Perron, Tanville et Vingt-Hanap...". monumentum.fr