Tourouvre au Perche, Commune in Orne department, Normandy, France.
Tourouvre au Perche spans approximately 194 square kilometers across the Normandy countryside, encompassing multiple former communes that merged in 2016 to create this administrative entity with nearly 3,000 residents.
The commune was officially established on January 1, 2016, through the administrative merger of ten former independent communes including Autheuil, Bivilliers, Bresolettes, and the original Tourouvre which serves as the administrative center.
The area preserves medieval religious heritage through several historic churches dating from the 11th to 15th centuries, including Notre-Dame Church in Autheuil and Saint-Aubin Church, representing centuries of Norman ecclesiastical architecture.
Residents can access municipal services at the town hall located on Le Bourg, while nearby Mortagne-au-Perche provides railway connections and the postal code 61190 serves the entire commune area.
The commune gained international attention by hosting the world's first solar panel road project in 2016, covering 2,800 square meters of roadway designed to generate electricity for local use.
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