Sainte-Orse

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Administration
Commune of Sainte-Orse
Location
Longitude	1° 4' 35" (1.0763889) E
Latitude	45° 12' 16" (45.2044) N
Country	France
Region	Aquitaine
Department	Dordogne
Arrondissement	Périgueux
Canton	Thenon
Statistics
Altitude	163 m–292 m (avg. N/A)
Land area¹	23.54 km²
Population² (1999)	358
- Density (1999)	15/km²
Miscellaneous
INSEE/Postal code	24473/ 24210
¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 mi² or 247 acres) and river estuaries.
² Population sans doubles comptes: single count of residents of multiple communes (e.g. students and military personnel).

Sainte-Orse is a commune in the canton of Nontron of the Dordogne département in the Aquitaine région in France.

1 About Sainte-Orse
2 Historical population
3 Other
4 External links
5 See also

[edit] About Sainte-Orse

The old an beautiful mansions of the village are grouped in two placesfe. Two châteaux built in the 15th and the 16th centuries and another in the 19th century, are the most historic in the village. These forested hills features a number of settlements, one with an architecture dating back to the 18th and the 19th centuries. The hazard on small shady roads includes the settlement of La Faye, the castle of Jouffre De La Faye, spouse of Maréchal Bugeaud. Saint-Orse had a continous occupation since the prehistoric era and remains of survivals. rocks supposing of the rits, tonic, undoubtedly with the Celts in the Early Iron Age, mostly located near Peyrebrune. Some Cromlechs and Menhirs were in Saint Orse. These historic documents are founded in the town hall.