Coulonges-sur-Sarthe (, literally ''Coulonges on Sarthe'') is a commune in the Orne

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.

geography

The commune along with another 32 communes is part of a 3,503 hectare,

Natura 2000 Natura 2000 is a network of nature protection areas in the territory of the European Union. It is made up of Special Areas of Conservation and Special Protection Areas designated under the Habitats Directive and the Birds Directive, respectively ...

conservation area, called the

Haute vallée de la Sarthe Haute Vallée de la Sarthe translated as the Upper Sarthe VAlley is a Natura 2000 conservation area that is 3,503 hectares in size. Geography The area is an Alluvial plain in a valley that commonly floods in winter. It is mainly consisted of spars ...

Points of Interest

*Base de Loisirs is a lake, that is used for swimming, and features a beach area. *Old mushroom Farm of Petit Hayes'is a

conservation site measuring 12.77 Hectares. The site is a former Chalk mine, that later became a mushroom farm, which hosts six varieties of bats, listed in Annex 2 of the Habitats Directive, which are the Greater horseshoe bat, Lesser horseshoe bat, Western barbastelle,

Geoffroy's bat Geoffroy's bat (''Myotis emarginatus'') is a species of vesper bat. Description ''M. emarginatus'' is a medium-sized bat with long and woolly fur. The dorsal side of the torso is rust-brown to fox-red and the ventral side is a poorly delineat ...

, Bechstein's bat and the Greater mouse-eared bat.

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Coulongessursarthe Natura 2000 in France {{Orne-geo-stub

geography

Points of Interest

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