Trun, Orne

Trun
Trun
Location within Lower Normandy region  Trun
Coordinates: 48°50′38″N 0°02′02″E / 48.8438°N 0.0338°ECoordinates: 48°50′38″N 0°02′02″E / 48.8438°N 0.0338°E
Country	France
Region	Normandy
Department	Orne
Arrondissement	Argentan
Canton	Trun
Intercommunality	Communauté de communes de la Vallée de la Dives
Government
• Mayor (1989–current)	Jacques Prigent
Area^1	9.12 km^2 (3.52 sq mi)
Population (2012)^2	1,308
• Density	140/km^2 (370/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	61494006 / 61160200
Elevation	77–151 m (253–495 ft) (avg. 81 m or 266 ft)
^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.

Trun is a commune in the Orne département and the region of Basse-Normandie in north-western France.

Administration

List of Mayors

Start	End	Name	Party	Profession
1989	current	Jacques Prigent	Independent - Left	Lawyer

Population

Historical population of Trun, Orne
(Source: INSEE^[1])

Year	1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999	2006	2012
Population	1,337	1,378	1,344	1,399	1,230	1,307	1,325	1,308
From the year 1962 on: No double counting—residents of multiple communes (e.g. students and military personnel) are counted only once.

Economy

• Heller SA, manufacturer of plastic scale model kits.
• Electrical

Ruins and monuments

Aerial photography has revealed the trace of a Gallo-Roman habitat. In the 19th century a Merovingian dynasty necropolis was discovered.

Personalities associated with Trun

• Pierre Crestey 1622-1703, religious follower of Saint Vincent de Paul.

Further reading

• Bonnet de la Tour, R. (1968). L'Hospice et le Bourg de Trun (in French).
• Camus, Pierre; Gondouin, Ghislain (1996). Sutton, Alan, ed. Mémoire en images, le canton de Trun (in French).

Notes and references

• INSEE commune file

1. Trun on the INSEE site (in English and tables in French)

See also

• Communes of the Orne department

External links

• Official site of the Commune of Trun (in French)
• Trun from times past (in French, but mostly images)
• Trun on the French National Geogra[phical Institute website (in French)