commune
A commune is an alternative term for an intentional community. Commune or comună or comune or other derivations may also refer to:
Administrative-territorial entities
* Commune (administrative division), a municipality or township
** Communes of ...
in the
Orne
Orne (; nrf, Ôrne or ) is a département in the northwest of France, named after the river Orne. It had a population of 279,942 in 2019.department
Department may refer to:
* Departmentalization, division of a larger organization into parts with specific responsibility
Government and military
*Department (administrative division), a geographical and administrative division within a country, ...
in north-western
France
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.
Geography
The commune of Champcerie is part of the area known as Suisse Normande.
The commune is made up of the following collection of villages and hamlets, Champcerie, Fumeçon and La Chardinière.
The river
Baize
Baize is a coarse woollen (or in cheaper variants cotton) cloth, similar in texture to felt, but more durable.
History
A mid-17th-century English ditty—much quoted in histories of ale and beer brewing in England—refers to 1525:
Hops, her ...
runs through the commune, along with two of its tributaries, Ruisseau de la Fontaine Andre and Ruisseau des Vallees.
Notable buildings and places
The Commune contains a
Renaissance
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period house has been listed as
Monument historique
''Monument historique'' () is a designation given to some national heritage sites in France. It may also refer to the state procedure in France by which National Heritage protection is extended to a building, a specific part of a building, a coll ...
as the main interest lies in the quality and refinement of its interior decor, as very little has been altered since the origin.
File:Chapelle Notre-Dame-des-Victoires de Champcerie.jpg, Chapelle of Notre-Dame-des-Victoires in Champcerie