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 that is 20,593 hectares in size.
Geography
The area is focused on the sources of the Orne and its main tributaries up to Putanges-Pont-Ecrepin, the area that is prone to flooding and has water all year round.
It is spread across 70 different communes all within the Orne department;
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Argentan
Argentan () is a commune and the seat of two cantons and of an arrondissement in the Orne department in northwestern France.
Argentan is located NE of Rennes, ENE of the Mont Saint-Michel, SE of Cherbourg, SSE of Caen, SW of Rouen and N ...
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Aunou-le-Faucon
Aunou-le-Faucon () is a commune in the Orne department in northwestern France.
Population
See also
*Communes of the Orne department
The following is a list of the 385 communes of the Orne department of France.
The communes cooperate in the ...
Belfonds
Belfonds () 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 geogr ...
Boissei-la-Lande
Boissei-la-Lande () 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), ...
Brullemail
Brullemail () is a commune in the Orne department in northwestern France.
Population
See also
*Communes of the Orne department
The following is a list of the 385 communes of the Orne department of France.
The communes cooperate in the fo ...
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Carrouges
Carrouges () is a commune in the Orne department in north-western France.
The inhabitants are known as ''Carrougiens'' and ''Carrougiennes''.Le Cercueil
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Ferrières-la-Verrerie
Ferrières-la-Verrerie () is a commune in the Orne department in north-western France.
See also
*Communes of the Orne department
The following is a list of the 385 communes of the Orne department of France.
The communes cooperate in the fo ...
Giel-Courteilles
Giel-Courteilles () is a commune in the Orne department in north-western France. The current commune was formed in 1965 when the two communes of Giel and Courteilles merged.
Geography
The commune of Giel-Courteilles is part of the area known a ...
Gouffern en Auge
Gouffern en Auge (, literally ''Gouffern in Auge'') is a commune in the department of Orne, northwestern France. The municipality was established on 1 January 2017 by merger of the former communes of Silly-en-Gouffern (the seat), Aubry-en-Exmes, ...
Habloville
Habloville () is a commune in the Orne department in north-western France. The inhabitants of Habloville,are called Hablovillais and Hablovillaises
Geography
The commune of Habloville borders Suisse Normande to the north, south and west and on ...
La Lande-de-Goult
La Lande-de-Goult () is a commune in the Orne department in north-western France.
Geography
The commune is made up of the following collection of villages and hamlets, Goult, La Forêt, Le Tertre,
Le Flochet and La Lande-de-Goult.
It is in ...
Le Merlerault
Le Merlerault () is a commune in the Orne department in north-western France.
Heraldry
See also
* Communes of the Orne department
The following is a list of the 385 communes of the Orne department of France.
The communes cooperate in the f ...
Montreuil-au-Houlme
Montreuil-au-Houlme () is a commune in the Orne department in north-western France.
See also
*Communes of the Orne department
The following is a list of the 385 communes of the Orne department of France.
The communes cooperate in the followi ...
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Monts-sur-Orne
Monts-sur-Orne () is a commune in the department of Orne, northwestern France. The municipality was established on 1 January 2018 by merger of the former communes of Goulet (the seat), Montgaroult and Sentilly.
Population
The former commune o ...
Nonant-le-Pin
Nonant-le-Pin () is a commune in the Orne department in north-western France.
See also
*Communes of the Orne department
Notable residents
* Marie Duplessis
Marie Duplessis (born Alphonsine Rose Plessis; 15 January 1824 – 3 February 1847) w ...
Saint-Hilaire-de-Briouze
Saint-Hilaire-de-Briouze (, literally ''Saint-Hilaire of Briouze'') is a commune in the Orne department in north-western France.
Geography
The commune is made up of the following collection of villages and hamlets, Le Valdary, Les Auges,Les MÃ ...
Saint-Sauveur-de-Carrouges
Saint-Sauveur-de-Carrouges (, literally ''Saint-Saviour of Carrouges'') is a commune in the Orne department in north-western France. As of 2019, the commune had a total population of 252 residents.
Geography
The commune is made up of the follo ...
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Sainte-Marguerite-de-Carrouges
Sainte-Marguerite-de-Carrouges (, literally ''Sainte-Marguerite of Carrouges'') is a commune in the Orne department in north-western France. As of 2019, the commune had a total population of 223 residents.
The commune is named for Marguerite de ...
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Sainte-Marie-la-Robert
Sainte-Marie-la-Robert () is a commune in the Orne department in north-western France. As of 2017, the commune had a population of 85 inhabitants.
Geography
The commune is made up of the following collection of villages and hamlets, La Sorièr ...
Tanville
Tanville () is a commune in the Orne department in north-western France.
Notable buildings and places
National heritage sites
*Markers of Forêt d'Écouves a set of 80 markers positioned in the 18th century that mark the boundaries of the for ...
Vieux-Pont
Vieux-Pont () is a commune in the Orne department in north-western France.
Geography
The commune is made up of the following collection of villages and hamlets, La Courcière, La Harlière, Troussel, Le Bois au Brun and Vieux-Pont.
It is in s ...
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Les Yveteaux
Les Yveteaux () is a commune in the Orne department in north-western France.
Geography
The commune is made up of the following collection of villages and hamlets, La Gare, Le Château,La Pierre Hurel and Les Yveteaux.
The commune borders the ...
Some parts of this Natura 2000 site are within the
Cottus perifretum
''Cottus perifretum'', the bullhead or miller’s thumb, is a species of freshwater ray-finned fish belonging to the family Cottidae, the typical sculpins. It is found on both sides of the English Channel, native to Great Britain. It also inhabits ...
White-clawed crayfish
''Austropotamobius pallipes'' is an endangered European freshwater crayfish, and the only crayfish native to the British Isles. Its common names include white-clawed crayfish and Atlantic stream crayfish.
Distribution
It is found from the easter ...
European stag beetle
''Lucanus cervus'', known as the European stag beetle, or the greater stag beetle, is one of the best-known species of stag beetle (family Lucanidae) in Western Europe, and is the eponymous example of the genus. ''L. cervus'' is listed as Near T ...
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Northern crested newt
The northern crested newt, great crested newt or warty newt (''Triturus cristatus'') is a newt species native to Great Britain, northern and central continental Europe and parts of Western Siberia. It is a large newt, with females growing up to ...
Thick shelled river mussel
''Unio crassus'', the thick shelled river mussel, is a species of freshwater mussel, an aquatic bivalve mollusk in the family Unionidae, the river mussels. MolluscaBase eds. (2023). MolluscaBase. Unio crassus Philipsson, 1788. Accessed through: ...