Origny-le-Butin

Origny-le-Butin
Origny-le-Butin
Location within Normandy region  Origny-le-Butin
Coordinates: 48°22′20″N 0°28′07″E / 48.3722°N 0.4686°E / 48.3722; 0.4686Coordinates: 48°22′20″N 0°28′07″E / 48.3722°N 0.4686°E / 48.3722; 0.4686
Country	France
Region	Normandy
Department	Orne
Arrondissement	Mortagne-au-Perche
Canton	Ceton
Area1	4.57 km2 (1.76 sq mi)
Population (1999)2	100
• Density	22/km2 (57/sq mi)
Time zone	CET (UTC+1)
• Summer (DST)	CEST (UTC+2)
INSEE/Postal code	61318 /61130
Elevation	107–228 m (351–748 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. 2Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.

¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Origny-le-Butin is a former commune in the Orne department in north-western France. On 1 January 2017, it was merged into the new commune Belforêt-en-Perche.

The area was studied in the form of a microhistory by the French historian Alain Corbin in his book The Life of an Unknown (2001).