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Gacé
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Gacé Castle (fr. Château de Gacé)
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 Gacé
Location in France
Gacé
Location in Normandy
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| Country | France |
| Region | Normandy |
| Department | Orne |
| Arrondissement | Mortagne-au-Perche |
| Canton | Vimoutiers |
| Intercommunality | Vallées d'Auge et du Merlerault |
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6.5 km2 (2.5 sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| INSEE/Postal code |
61181 /61230
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| Elevation | 179–316 m (587–1,037 ft) (avg. 186 m or 610 ft) |
| Website | www.gace.fr |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
Gacé (French pronunciation: [ɡase] ) is a commune in the Orne department in Lower-Normandy, north-western France.
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Geography
The commune is made up of the following collection of villages and hamlets, La Chapelle Mongenouil and Gacé.
The commune has one river, The Touques and a single stream, the Bouillant running through its borders.
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Saint-Evroult-de-Montfort | |
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Cisai-Saint-Aubin | ||
 Gacé  |
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Population
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| Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
| 1968 | 2,170 | — |
| 1975 | 2,397 | +1.43% |
| 1982 | 2,192 | −1.27% |
| 1990 | 2,247 | +0.31% |
| 1999 | 2,041 | −1.06% |
| 2007 | 2,110 | +0.42% |
| 2012 | 2,031 | −0.76% |
| 2017 | 1,861 | −1.73% |
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Notable buildings and places
- Gacé museum a museum based at Chateau à Gacé that shows a collection of 2,500 minerals, fossils and meteorites.
- The Lady of the Camellias Museum based at the Chateau à Gacé is a museum dedicated to the life of Marie Duplessis.
National heritage sites
- Château à Gacé a 14th century chateau listed as a monument in 1968.
Notable people
- Foulques du Merle - (1239 - 1314) was Seigneur of Gacé and Bellou-en-Houlme, and Baron of Le Merlerault, Briouze and Messei.
- Charles Auguste de Goÿon (1647-1729), a French diplomat and soldier who was the Count of Gacé.
Heraldry
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The arms of Gacé are blazoned: Argent, a lion gules, crowned Or, langued azure. |
Administration
Twin towns
See also
In Spanish: Gacé para niños
- Communes of the Orne department
- Château de Gacé
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