Berjou
Commune
The railway station in Berjou
Location of Berjou
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Coordinates: 48°51′01″N 0°28′51″W / 48.8503°N 0.4808°W / 48.8503; -0.4808
Country	France
Region	Normandy
Department	Orne
Arrondissement	Argentan
Canton	Athis-Val de Rouvre
Intercommunality	CA Flers Agglo
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Didier Vieceli[1]
Area 1	8.82 km2 (3.41 sq mi)
Population  (2021)[2]	437
• Density	50/km2 (130/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	61044 /61430
Elevation	58–257 m (190–843 ft) (avg. 200 m or 660 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Berjou (French pronunciation: [bɛʁʒu] ^ⓘ) is a commune in the Orne department in northwestern France.

Geography

The commune is part of the area known as Suisse Normande.^[3]

The commune is made up of the following collection of villages and hamlets, Cambercourt,Les Oiseaux, Les Cours,Le Hamel, La Trollière, Le Fang, Vervent and Berjou.^[4]

The commune has the river Noireau running through it.

Population

Places of interest

• Museum of the liberation of Berjou was opened in 2011 and retraces retraces the fighting of August 15, 16 and 17, 1944 around the River Noireau as part of the battle of the Falaise pocket.^[6][7]