Lonrai

Lonrai
Commune
The church in Lonrai
Location of Lonrai
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Coordinates: 48°27′36″N 0°02′22″E / 48.4601°N 0.0395°E / 48.4601; 0.0395
Country	France
Region	Normandy
Department	Orne
Arrondissement	Alençon
Canton	Damigny
Intercommunality	CU Alençon
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Sylvain Launay[1]
Area 1	6.14 km2 (2.37 sq mi)
Population  (2022)[2]	1,084
• Density	180/km2 (460/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	61234 /61250
Elevation	141–167 m (463–548 ft) (avg. 160 m or 520 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Lonrai (French pronunciation: [lɔ̃ʁɛ] ^ⓘ) is a commune in the Orne department in north-western France.

After the liberation of the area by Allied Forces in August 1944, engineers of the Ninth Air Force IX Engineering Command began construction of a combat Advanced Landing Ground outside of the town. Declared operational on 3 September, the airfield was designated as "A-45", it was used by several combat units until November when the units moved into Central France. Afterward, the airfield was closed.^[3][4]

• Domaine de Lonrai, the estate was created in the seventeenth century, it was registered as a Monument historique in 1999.^[5] The stud farm was built in 1863 by Armand Donon.^[5] The grounds also cover the neighbouring commune of Colombiers^[6]

• Jacques II de Goyon - (1525-1598) a governor and Marshal of France was born here. ^[7]

• Communes of the Orne department

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