La Ferté Macé
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La Ferté-Macé | |
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 L'Avenue Thiers; l'église Notre-Dame (church of Our Lady) | |
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Location of La Ferté-Macé  | |
  La Ferté-Macé  La Ferté-Macé | |
| Coordinates: 48°35′36″N 0°21′22″W / 48.5933°N 0.3561°W | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Normandy |
| Department | Orne |
| Arrondissement | Argentan |
| Canton | La Ferté-Macé, Magny-le-Désert |
| Intercommunality | La Ferté-Saint-Michel |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2014-2020) | Jacques Dalmont |
| Area 1 | 31.86 km2 (12.30 sq mi) |
| Population (2021)[1] | 5,116 |
| • Density | 160/km2 (420/sq mi) |
| Demonym(s) | Fertois, Fertoises |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 61168 /61600 |
| Elevation | 165–203 m (541–666 ft) |
| Website | http://www.lafertemace.fr |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
La Ferté-Macé is a commune in the Orne department in north-western France, in the region of Normandy.
History
During the First World War, the village housed a military detention camp, the Dépôt de Triage. Among others, the American poet E. E. Cummings and his friend William Slater Brown, then volunteers in the Norton-Harjes Ambulance Corps in France, were held there between September 21, 1917 and December 19 of the same year, on charges of "espionage". This was based on their having expressed anti war opinions. Cummings' experiences in the camp at La Ferté-Mace were the basis for his novel, The Enormous Room.[2] The three-building complex, with a church and two classroom buildings, had previously served as a seminary and lycée. The prisoners were kept on the top floor of the largest building, which was open and spanned most of the floor.
On 12 January 2016, the former commune Antoigny was merged into La Ferté-Macé.[3]
Twin towns
Ludlow, Shropshire, England[4]
Savoigne-Biffèche, Senegal
Neustadt am Rübenberge, Germany
Saint-Maurice, Quebec, Canada
Heraldry
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The arms of La Ferté-Macé are blazoned : Gules, a beehive and a shuttle bendwise sinister Or.
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See also
References
- ^ "Populations légales 2021". The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
- ^ The Enormous Room, Gutenberg Project
- ^ Arrêté préfectoral, 12 January 2016 (in French)
- ^ Ludlow Town Council Ludlow's Twin Towns
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