The Orne ( French: [ɔʁn] ) is a river in Normandy , within northwestern France . It is 170 km (110 mi) long. It discharges into the English Channel at the port of Ouistreham . Its source is in Aunou-sur-Orne , east of Sées . Its main tributaries are the Odon and the Rouvre .
5-561: Saint-André-sur-Orne ( French pronunciation: [sɛ̃.t‿ɑ̃dʁe syʁ ɔʁn] , literally Saint-André on Orne ; named Saint-André-de-Fontenay until 1911) is a village in the Calvados department in the Normandy region in northwestern France . Saint-André-sur-Orne is situated on the Orne River , 7 km south of Caen and 35 km south-east of Bayeux . The village's history
10-565: Is closely linked to the Saint Stephen abbey "Abbaye Saint-Étienne-de-Fontenay" founded on his land of Fontenay by Raoul Tesson around 1047 under the patronage of Duke William of Normandy (before he became King of England following his victory in Hastings in 1066) and which survived until the French Revolution at the end of the 18th century. Most of the abbey was destroyed at the beginning of
15-632: The 19th century, but there still remains a 13th-century building along the Orne river, and the abbot's more "modern" house (not visited) rebuilt at the beginning of the 18th century. The village witnessed the expulsion of many schoolchildren from the "Maison du Clos" by the Nazi army during World War II , but the marching children were then rescued by Allied soldiers. The village was finally liberated in July 1944 by Canadian soldiers, many of whom died in this fierce battle, hence
20-625: The area known as Suisse Normande . Its longest tributaries are, from source to mouth: The name of the Orne in Normandy, which is referred to as the Olinas by Ptolemy , is a homonym of Fluvius Olne, the Orne saosnoise in Sarthe, which Xavier Delamarre traces back to the Celtic olīnā (elbow). The waters of the Orne are typically moderately turbid and brown in colour. Its pH level has been measured at 8.5 at
25-586: The street names of "Royal Black Watch" (the Montreal-based regiment) and the village's main street "Rue des Canadiens". Their bodies are buried in the Bretteville-sur-Laize Canadian War Cemetery in the nearby village of Cintheaux. This Calvados geographical article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Orne (river) The Orne flows through the following departments and towns: It also flows through
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