Tourouvre au Perche

Tourouvre au Perche
Commune
Tourouvre au Perche
Location within Normandy region
Tourouvre au Perche
Coordinates: 48°35′24″N 0°39′07″E / 48.590°N 0.652°E / 48.590; 0.652Coordinates: 48°35′24″N 0°39′07″E / 48.590°N 0.652°E / 48.590; 0.652
Country France
Region Normandy
Department Orne
Arrondissement Mortagne-au-Perche
Canton Tourouvre
Intercommunality CC Hauts Perche
Government
 • Mayor (2016-2020) Guy Monhée
Area1 93.76 km2 (36.20 sq mi)
Population (2015)2 3,237
 • Density 35/km2 (89/sq mi)
Time zone UTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST) UTC+2 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code 61491 /61190

1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

2 Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.

Tourouvre au Perche is a commune in the department of Orne, northwestern France. The municipality was established on 1 January 2016 by merger of the former communes of Autheuil, Bivilliers, Bresolettes, Bubertré, Champs, Lignerolles, La Poterie-au-Perche, Prépotin, Randonnai and Tourouvre (the seat).[1]

On 22 December 2016, the world’s first solar-panel road - the Wattway on the RD5 road - was inaugurated. It was covered with 2,800 square meters of electricity-generating panels. The panels are covered with a resin containing fine sheets of silicon, making them tough enough to withstand all traffic. The project cost 5m Euros.

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References

  1. ↑ Arrêté préfectoral 21 December 2015 (in French)
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