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
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, ...
of
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.France
France (), officially the French Republic ( ), is a country primarily located in Western Europe. It also comprises of Overseas France, overseas regions and territories in the Americas and the Atlantic Ocean, Atlantic, Pacific Ocean, Pac ...
. The municipality was established on 1 January 2016 by merger of the former communes of Saint-Maurice-du-Désert and
Normandie-Maine Regional Natural Park
Normandie-Maine Regional Natural Park ( Fr.: ''Parc naturel régional Normandie-Maine'') is a protected area of forest and bocage located in the French regions of Normandy and Pays de la Loire.
Geography
Spanning the departments of Orne, Ma ...
.
The commune has five watercourses flowing through its borders, la Vee river, The Andainette river, the Rouvrette river, la Petitiere stream and The Laurenciere stream.
Notable buildings and places
National heritage sites
The Commune has two buildings and areas listed as a
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 ...
.
*Allée couverte de la Bertinière is a
Neolithic
The Neolithic period, or New Stone Age, is an Old World archaeological period and the final division of the Stone Age. It saw the Neolithic Revolution, a wide-ranging set of developments that appear to have arisen independently in several parts ...
covered walkway, listed as a monument in 1967.
*Monts d’Andaine Manor is a 17th century manor house listed as a monument in 1981.
Notable People
*
Jean-Pierre Brisset
Jean-Pierre Brisset (October 30, 1837 – September 2, 1919) was a French outsider writer.
Biography
Born into a farming family of La Sauvagère, Brisset was an autodidact. Having left school at age twelve to help on the family farm, he apprentic ...
(1837 – 1919) a French outsider writer, was born in
La Sauvagère
La Sauvagère () is a former commune in the Orne department in north-western France. On 1 January 2016, it was merged into the new commune of Les Monts d'Andaine.Catherine Coutelle (born 1945) was a member of the
National Assembly of France
The National Assembly (french: link=no, italics=set, Assemblée nationale; ) is the lower house of the bicameral French Parliament under the Fifth Republic, the upper house being the Senate (). The National Assembly's legislators are known a ...
and was born in
La Sauvagère
La Sauvagère () is a former commune in the Orne department in north-western France. On 1 January 2016, it was merged into the new commune of Les Monts d'Andaine.Maurice de Germiny (born1939) was the
bishop of Blois
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Blois (Latin: ''Dioecesis Blesensis''; French: ''Diocèse de Blois'') is a diocese of the Latin Rite of the Roman Catholic Church in France. The diocese lies in western France, and encompasses the department of Loi ...