Sainte-Orse

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Coordinates: 45°12′16″N 1°04′35″E / 45.2044444444, 1.07638888889

Commune of Sainte-Orse
Location
Sainte-Orse (France)
Sainte-Orse
Administration
Country France
Region Aquitaine
Department Dordogne
Arrondissement Périgueux
Canton Thenon
Statistics
Elevation 163 m–292 m
(avg. 231 m)
Land area¹ 23.54 km²
Population²
(1999)		 358
 - Density 15/km² (1999)
Miscellaneous
INSEE/Postal code 24473/ 24210
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.
2 Population sans doubles comptes: residents of multiple communes (e.g. students and military personnel) only counted once.
France

Sainte-Orse is a commune in the canton of Thenon of the Dordogne département in the Aquitaine région in France.

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[edit] About Sainte-Orse

The old and beautiful mansions of the village are grouped in two placesfe. Two châteaux built in the 15th and the 16th centuries and another in the 19th century, are the most historic in the village. These forested hills features a number of settlements, one with an architecture dating back to the 18th and the 19th centuries. The hazard on small shady roads includes the settlement of La Faye, the castle of Jouffre De La Faye, spouse of Maréchal Bugeaud. Saint-Orse had a continuous occupation since the prehistoric era and remains of survivals. rocks supposing of the rits, tonic, undoubtedly with the Celts in the Early Iron Age, mostly located near Peyrebrune. Some Cromlechs and Menhirs were in Saint Orse. These historic documents are founded in the town hall.

[edit] Historical population

Year Population Density Percent of the canton
1962 445 - -
1968 486 - -
1975 460 - -
1982 404 - -
1990 372 - -
1999 358 15/km² -

[edit] Other

Sainte-Orse has a school, a church, a park and a square.

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