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Orne
department in Normany, France / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
For other uses, see Orne (disambiguation).
The Orne (61) is a department in France. It is in the Normandy region. Its prefecture is Alençon and its sub-prefectures are Argentan and Mortagne-au-Perche. The department's name comes from the river Orne which flows through it.
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