Saint-Jouin-de-Blavou

Saint-Jouin-de-Blavou
Commune
Chanceaux manor in Saint-Jouin-de-Blavou
Location of Saint-Jouin-de-Blavou
Saint-Jouin-de-Blavou Location within France Saint-Jouin-de-Blavou Location within Normandy
Coordinates: 48°27′10″N 0°28′27″E
Country	France
Region	Normandy
Department	Orne
Arrondissement	Mortagne-au-Perche
Canton	Mortagne-au-Perche
Intercommunality	Pays de Mortagne au Perche
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Nicolas Laforet
Area 1	17.71 km2 (6.84 sq mi)
Population  (2023)	311
• Density	17.6/km2 (45.5/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	61411 /61360
Elevation	152–207 m (499–679 ft) (avg. 187 m or 614 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Saint-Jouin-de-Blavou (French pronunciation: [sɛ̃ ʒwɛ̃ də blavu] ^ⓘ) is a commune in the Orne department in the Normandy region of north-western France. Its inhabitants are known as Jovinians.

Geography

The river Huisne flows through the commune.

Demography

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1793	692	—
1821	864	+0.80%
1846	900	+0.16%
1872	848	−0.23%
1901	599	−1.19%
1926	489	−0.81%
1946	461	−0.29%
1962	474	+0.17%
1968	398	−2.87%

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1975	322	−2.98%
1982	284	−1.78%
1990	302	+0.77%
1999	309	+0.25%
2007	285	−1.01%
2012	306	+1.43%
2017	282	−1.62%
2023	311	+1.64%

Source: EHESS and INSEE

Places of interest

• Church of Saint-Jouin (sixteenth century)
• The manor house of Blavou (sixteenth century) and its bread oven, classified as a Monument historique
• The château de Chanceaux (sixteenth century) and its chapel of Saint-Marc (seventeenth century), also classified as historic monuments

See also

• Communes of the Orne department