Origny-le-Butin
Origny-le-Butin | |
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Part of Belforêt-en-Perche | |
Location of Origny-le-Butin | |
| Coordinates: 48°22′20″N 0°28′07″E / 48.3722°N 0.4686°E | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Normandy |
| Department | Orne |
| Arrondissement | Mortagne-au-Perche |
| Canton | Ceton |
| Commune | Belforêt-en-Perche |
Area 1 | 4.57 km2 (1.76 sq mi) |
| Population (2022) | 88 |
| • Density | 19/km2 (50/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| Postal code | 61130 |
| Elevation | 107–228 m (351–748 ft) |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
Origny-le-Butin (French pronunciation: [ɔʁiɲi lə bytɛ̃] ⓘ) is a former commune in the Orne department in north-western France. On 1 January 2017, it was merged into the new commune Belforêt-en-Perche. Its population was 88 in 2022.
The area was studied in the form of a microhistory by the French historian Alain Corbin in his book The Life of an Unknown (2001).