Villebadin

Villebadin
Location of Villebadin
Villebadin is located in France
Villebadin
Villebadin
Villebadin is located in Normandy
Villebadin
Villebadin
Coordinates: 48°46′47″N 0°09′19″E / 48.7797°N 0.1553°E / 48.7797; 0.1553
CountryFrance
RegionNormandy
DepartmentOrne
ArrondissementArgentan
CantonArgentan-2
CommuneGouffern en Auge
Area
1
12.93 km2 (4.99 sq mi)
Population
 (2022)[1]
123
 • Density9.5/km2 (25/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal code
61310
Elevation112–230 m (367–755 ft)
(avg. 141 m or 463 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Villebadin (French pronunciation: [vilbadɛ̃] ) is a former commune in the Orne department in north-western France. On 1 January 2017, it was merged into the new commune Gouffern en Auge.[2]

Heraldry

Arms of Villebadin
Arms of Villebadin
The arms of Villebadin are blazoned :
Sable, a lion per fess Or and argent, armed and langued gules.



Manoir

Le manoir d'Argentelles at Villebadin

From 1969 archeologist Robert du Mesnil du Buisson worked to raise funds to restore the local manoir.[3]

See also

References

  1. ^ "Populations de référence 2022" [Reference populations 2022] (PDF) (in French). INSEE. December 2024.
  2. ^ Arrêté préfectoral 6 October 2016 (in French)
  3. ^ Le Guide Vert Normandie Amaury de Valroger - 2010 Page 217 "À la sortie de Villebadin, prenez à gauche la petite route du manoir d'Argentelles, qui fait découvrir un ravissant paysage campagnard et le manoir lui-même, isolé dans un vaste pré, à droite."