Échauffour
Échauffour () is a commune in the Orne department in north-western France. Geography. The commune is on the borders of the country of Ouche and the campaign of Alençon. Its village is 4.5 km northwest of Sainte-Gauburge-Sainte-Colombe, 9 km north-east of Merlerault, 11 km south-east of Gacé and 20 km west of L 'Aigle1. Covering 3,314 hectares, the territory of Échauffour is the largest in the canton of Merlerault. Name. The name of the locality is attested in the forms Escalfo in 1050 The residents are called Échauffourien Politics. The current Mayor is Luc  Féret who replaced Claude Burin in 2008 Churches St. Andrew (fifteenth century), former Benedictine priory, and St. Germain (fifteenth century). Both buildings house many works classified as objects to the Historical Monuments. Sports. The Échauffour Sports Union has made a football team evolve into a district division until 2012. Personalities linked to the commune. In 1763, following a first scandal, the case Jeanne Testard, the Marquis de Sade is under house arrest for four months at the castle d'Echauffour, property of his father-in-law, Claude-René de Montreuil, president of the court of the aides of Paris. The Marquise  de Sade, Renée-Pélagie de Montreuil, after her separation from the Marquis in 1790, resided in the castle with her daughter for most of the year until her death in 1810. One can still read their names engraved on the tombstone, in the small cemetery of the village.