Tourouvre
Tourouvre | |
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Part of Tourouvre au Perche | |
Saint-Aubin church | |
Location of Tourouvre | |
| Coordinates: 48°35′28″N 0°39′08″E / 48.5911°N 0.6522°E | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Normandy |
| Department | Orne |
| Arrondissement | Mortagne-au-Perche |
| Canton | Tourouvre (chef-lieu) |
| Commune | Tourouvre au Perche |
Area 1 | 24.01 km2 (9.27 sq mi) |
| Population (2022) | 1,490 |
| • Density | 62/km2 (160/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| Postal code | 61190 |
| Elevation | 180–304 m (591–997 ft) (avg. 236 m or 774 ft) |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
Tourouvre (French pronunciation: [tuʁuvʁ] ⓘ) is a former commune in the Orne department in north-western France. On 1 January 2016, it was merged into the new commune of Tourouvre au Perche.
The first photovoltaic road in the world was under construction in Tourouvre in November–December 2016. It was built by Société Nouvelle Aeracem (SNA), and dedicated by the French Minister of Ecology, Ségolène Royal on 25 October 2016. In 2019, Le Monde declared the experiment a failure.