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Le Sap

Le Sap is a former commune in the Orne department in north-western France. It is classed as a Petites Cités de Caractère. On 1 January 2016, it was merged into the new commune of Sap-en-Auge.

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Coordinates: 48°53′42″N 0°20′22″E / 48.895°N 0.3394°E / 48.895; 0.3394
CountryFrance
RegionNormandy
DepartmentOrne
ArrondissementMortagne-au-Perche
CantonVimoutiers
CommuneSap-en-Auge
Area
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22.73 km2 (8.78 sq mi)
Population
 (2022)1
832
 • Density36.6/km2 (94.8/sq mi)
DemonymSapiens
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal code
61470
Elevation180–272 m (591–892 ft)
(avg. 240 m or 790 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Le Sap (French pronunciation: [lə sap] ) is a former commune in the Orne department in north-western France. It is classed as a Petites Cités de Caractère.2 On 1 January 2016, it was merged into the new commune of Sap-en-Auge.3

Heraldry

Arms of Le Sap
Arms of Le Sap source ↗
The arms of Le Sap are blazoned:
Lozengy argent and orange.



References

References

  1. "Populations de référence 2022" [Reference populations 2022] (PDF) (in French). INSEE. December 2024.
  2. "Homologuée Petite cité de caractère, Le Sap en voit les bénéfices pour son tourisme". actu.fr. August 17, 2019.
  3. Arrêté préfectoral 26 November 2015 (in French)
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