Tourouvre is a French commune, located in the department of Orne in Basse-Normandie region.
Tourouvre 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.
Tourouvre may also refer to:
Lake Tourouvre has been artificially formed in 1950 by damming the Saint-Maurice River with the La Trenche Generating Station built at southeast of the lake, north of La Tuque, in the administrative region of Mauricie, in Quebec, in Canada. Located entirely in forest and mountainous areas, this water body of 1,448 ha is ideal for tourist activities including boating, fishing, hunting, and other similar lakeside pastimes.
The Trenche River flows in a southwesterly direction through two forested areas. The first is the unorganized territory of Lac-Ashuapmushuan, in the MRC Le Domaine-du-Roy Regional County Municipality, administrative region of Saguenay-Lac-Saint-Jean. Secondly, within La Tuque, Upper Mauricie, Quebec, Canada. This river is one of the five most important tributaries of the Saint-Maurice River.
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La Tuque is a city located in north-central Quebec, Canada, on the Saint-Maurice River, between Trois-Rivières and Chambord. The population was 11,227 at the Canada 2011 Census, most of which live within the urban area.
The Saint-Maurice River flows North to South in central Quebec from Gouin Reservoir to empty into the Saint Lawrence River at Trois-Rivières, in province of Quebec, in Canada. From its source at Gouin Reservoir, located at the same latitude as the Lac Saint-Jean, the river has a total drop of about 405 meters, to finally reach the river Trois-Rivières. The river is 563 km in length and has a drainage basin of 43,300 km². Saint-Maurice river is one of the most important tributaries of St. Lawrence river.
The arrondissement of Mortagne-au-Perche is an arrondissement of France in the Orne department in the Normandy region. Since the January 2017 reorganization of the arrondissements of Orne, it has 151 communes.
The following is a list of the 21 cantons of the Orne department, in France, following the French canton reorganisation which came into effect in March 2015 :
Augustin-Amable Rivard Dufresne was a farmer and political figure in Lower Canada.
Bivilliers is a former commune in the Orne department in northwestern France. On 1 January 2016, it was merged into the new commune of Tourouvre au Perche.
Prépotin 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. It belongs to the canton of Tourouvre and the arrondissement of Mortagne-au-Perche. There were about 95 inhabitants of Prépotin in the 1999 census. It sits at an altitude of 264 meters.
Randonnai 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.
Champs 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 Urban agglomeration of La Tuque is an urban agglomeration in Quebec, in Canada, that consists of:
Noël Juchereau, Sieur des Chatelets was an early pioneer in New France, and a member of the Company of One Hundred Associates since in formation in 1627.
The Lake Trenche is located in the unorganized territory of Lac-Ashuapmushuan, in Haute-Mauricie, in Le Domaine-du-Roy Regional County Municipality, in the administrative region of Saguenay-Lac-Saint-Jean, in Quebec, in Canada. This lake is located entirely in forest land.
Trenche may refer to:
La Trenche Generating Station is a hydroelectric power plant on the Saint-Maurice River and within La Tuque, in Upper-Mauricie, in the administrative region of Mauricie, in Quebec, in Canada. Its construction was completed in 1950. This power station was put into service immediately. It is the central 6th to block the river from its mouth. With its 302 megawatts (405,000 hp), it is the most powerful. Hydro-Québec acquired La Trenche power from the Shawinigan Water & Power Company.
Tourouvre au Perche is a commune in the department of Orne, northwestern France. The municipality was established on 1 January 2016 by merger of the former communes of Autheuil, Bivilliers, Bresolettes, Bubertré, Champs, Lignerolles, La Poterie-au-Perche, Prépotin, Randonnai and Tourouvre.
The canton of Tourouvre is an administrative division of the Orne department, northwestern France. Its borders were modified at the French canton reorganisation which came into effect in March 2015. Its seat is in Tourouvre au Perche.