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Ménil-Hermei
Ménil-Hermei () is a commune in the Orne department in the Normandy region of north-western France. Geography The commune of Ménil-Hermei is part of the area known as Suisse Normande. The commune is made up of the following collection of villages and hamlets, Ménil-Hermei, La Viéville, Le Mois and Le Vivier. The Commune with another 20 communes shares part of a 2,115 hectare, Natura 2000 conservation area, called the Vallée de l'Orne et ses affluents. The commue has two rivers flowing through it, the Orne and its tributary the Baize. Administration The mayor is Katia Halluin, elected in 2020. Demography History * In 1321, Jean de Corday bought the fief of Mesnil-Hermey. * In 1465, the title of nobility of Raoul de Corday du Mesnil-Hermé is confirmed. * In 1505, Marguerite - the daughter of Guillaume "Raoult", Esquire, Lord of Mesnil-Hermey - marries Thomas Williamson, a Scottish knight staying in France with the French king, Charles VIII). * In the 18th cent ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Communes Of The Orne Department
The following is a list of the 381 communes of the Orne department of France. The communes cooperate in the following intercommunalities (as of 2025):Périmètre des groupements en 2025 BANATIC. Accessed 28 May 2025. * Communauté urbaine d'Alençon (partly) * Communauté d'agglomération Flers Agglo * Communauté de communes Andaine-Passais *CC [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vallée De L'Orne Et Ses Affluents
Vallée de l'Orne et ses affluents translated as Orne Valley and tributaries is a Natura 2000 conservation area that is 2,115 hectares in size. Geography The area is focused on Orne and 3 of its main tributaries, the laize, the Noireau and the Rouvre, as they flow through the different landscapes of Norman Switzerland. These landscapes range from deep gorges, torrential or slow-flowing rivers, wet meadows, alluvial forests, escarpments, scree slopes, siliceous ledges, enclosed woods and hedgerows. It is spread across 21 different communes all within the departments of Orne and calvados; # Athis-Val de Rouvre # Berjou #Bretteville-sur-Laize Bretteville-sur-Laize () is a commune in the Calvados department in the Normandy region in northwestern France. The scene of heavy fighting following the Normandy landings, much of the town is of post-World War II construction. Geography ... # Le Bô # Cahan # Clécy # Cossesseville # Fresney-le-Puceux # Les Isles-Bardel #Ménil ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Les Isles-Bardel
Les Isles-Bardel () is a commune in the Calvados department in the Normandy region in northwestern France. The commune is where the Baize joins the river Orne. Geography The commune of Les Isles-Bardel is part of the area known as Suisse Normande. The commune is made up of the following collection of villages and hamlets, Les Isles-Bardel, La Courbe and La Bardellière. The Commune with another 20 communes shares part of a 2,115 hectare, Natura 2000 conservation area, called the Vallée de l'Orne et ses affluents. The commune is where the river Baize feeds into the river Orne. Population See also *Communes of the Calvados department The following is a list of the 526 Communes of France, communes of the Calvados (department), Calvados Departments of France, department of France. The communes cooperate in the following Communes of France#Intercommunality, intercommunalities ... References Communes of Calvados (department) Calvados communes articles ne ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Putanges-le-Lac
Putanges-le-Lac () is a commune in the department of Orne, northwestern France. The municipality was established on 1 January 2016 by merger of the former communes of Chênedouit, La Forêt-Auvray, La Fresnaye-au-Sauvage, Ménil-Jean, Putanges-Pont-Écrepin (the seat), Rabodanges, Les Rotours, Saint-Aubert-sur-Orne and Sainte-Croix-sur-Orne. Geography The commune is part of the area known as Suisse Normande. The commune is made up of the following collection of villages and hamlets, Putanges-Pont-Écrepin,La Ferronnière, La Forêt-Auvray, Saint-Aubert-sur-Orne,Rabodanges,Les Rotours, Méguillaume, Chênedouit, Sainte-Croix-sur-Orne, La Fresnaye-au-Sauvage, Ménil-Jean and Fromentel. Putanges-le-Lac along with another 65 communes shares part of a 20,593 hectare, Natura 2000 conservation area, called the Haute vallée de l'Orne et affluents. In addition the Commune with another 20 communes shares part of a 2,115 hectare, Natura 2000 conservation area, called the Vall ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Communauté De Communes Du Val D'Orne
The Communauté de communes Val d'Orne is a federation of municipalities (''communauté de communes'') in the Orne ''département'' and in the Normandy ''région'' of France. Its seat is Putanges-le-Lac. Its area is 254.4 km2, and its population in 2019 was 5,652. It covers some of the Communes that make up the area known as Suisse Normande. Composition The communauté de communes consists of the following 17 communes: # Bazoches-au-Houlme # Champcerie #Craménil # Faverolles # Giel-Courteilles # Habloville # Les Yveteaux # Lignou # Ménil-Gondouin # Ménil-Hermei # Ménil-Vin # Montreuil-au-Houlme # Neuvy-au-Houlme #Putanges-le-Lac #Saint-André-de-Briouze # Saint-Hilaire-de-Briouze #Sainte-Honorine-la-Guillaume Sainte-Honorine-la-Guillaume 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 Fégrinière, Le Degré,La Thiboudière, La Guilminière, La Jo ... Referen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ménil-Vin
Ménil-Vin () is a commune in the Orne department in north-western France. Geography The commune of Ménil-Vin is part of the area known as Suisse Normande. The river Baize runs through the commune, along with one of its tributaries,Ruisseau du Val Lienard. See also * Communes of the Orne department The following is a list of the 381 communes of the Orne department of France. The communes cooperate in the following intercommunalities (as of 2025): References Communes of Orne {{Argentan-geo-stub ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bazoches-au-Houlme
Bazoches-au-Houlme () is a commune in the Orne department in northwestern France. Toponymy The etymology of the name is probably a blend of Latin and Old Norse origins: ''Basilicis'' ("church"; attested 11th c.) and ''holmr'' ("islet, meadow, etc."). Geography The commune of Bazoches-au-Houlme is part of the area known as Suisse Normande. The commune is made up of the following collection of villages and hamlets, Bazoches-au-Houlme, La Guilberdière, Le Pont de Baize and La Thiboudière. The commune is spread over an area of with a maximum altitude of and minimum of The river Baize runs through the commune, along with four of its tributaries, Ruisseau des Vaux Viets, Ruisseau du Val Lienard, Ruisseau du Val and Ruisseau des Vallees. Land distribution The 2018 CORINE Land Cover assessment shows the vast majority of the land in the commune, 56% () is Arable land. The rest of the land is Meadows at 37%, Forests are 4% and rest of land is equally shared by Heterogeneo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Norman Switzerland
Norman Switzerland (; ) is a term for part of Normandy, France, in the border region of the departments Calvados and Orne. Its name comes from its rugged and verdant relief, apparently resembling the Swiss Alps, with gorges carved by the river Orne and its tributaries, and by erosion in the Armorican Massif between Putanges-Pont-Écrepin and Thury-Harcourt. The river has created a generally rugged landscape. Churches, houses and farm buildings have a style closer to what is found across the English Channel in the United Kingdom (i.e., stone buildings with slate roofs), rather than the timber structures of the Pays d'Auge. There are many outdoor tourist activities: canoeing, horse riding, rock climbing, hang gliding, kayaking, paragliding and mountain biking. Geography Suisse Normande is located at the end of the Armorican Massif. In the hills, small, steep fields are often bordered by thick hedges or granite dry stone walls and have dense vegetation. Mont Pinçon, is the hig ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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. The network includes both terrestrial and Marine Protected Areas. The Natura 2000 network covered more than 18% of the European Union's land area and more than 7% of its marine area in 2022. History In May 1992, the governments of the European Communities adopted legislation designed to protect the most seriously threatened habitats and species across Europe. The Habitats Directive complements the Birds Directive adopted in 1979, and together they make up the Natura 2000 network of protected areas. The Birds Directive requires the establishment of Special Protection Areas for birds. The Habitats Directive similarly requires Sites of Community Importance which upon the agreement of the European Commission become Special Areas o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Orne (river)
The Orne () is a river in Normandy, within northwestern France. It is long. It discharges into the English Channel at the port of Ouistreham. Its source is in Aunou-sur-Orne, east of Sées. Its main tributaries are the Odon and the Rouvre. Geography The Orne flows through the following departments and towns: *Orne (named after the river): Sées, Argentan * Calvados: Thury-Harcourt, Saint-André-sur-Orne, Caen, Ouistreham It also flows through the area known as Suisse Normande. Its longest tributaries are, from source to mouth: *Don *Ure *Cance *Udon * Baize * Rouvre * Noireau *Laize * Odon Name The name of the Orne in Normandy, which is referred to as the ''Olinas'' by Ptolemy Claudius Ptolemy (; , ; ; – 160s/170s AD) was a Greco-Roman mathematician, astronomer, astrologer, geographer, and music theorist who wrote about a dozen scientific treatises, three of which were important to later Byzantine science, Byzant ..., is a homonym of Fluvius Olne, the Orn ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Baize (Orne, Right Bank)
The Baize is a river in northwestern France, crossing the departments of Orne and Calvados. It is 25.72 km long. Its source is in Habloville, and it flows into the river Orne at the border between the communes of Les Isles-Bardel and Rapilly, at the end of the Baize valley, through Suisse Normande. Tributaries A list of the major tributaries of the Baize: *Bilaine *Bezeron *Boulaire *Ruisseau du Val Lienard *Ruisseau du Val *Ruisseau de la Fontaine Andre *Ruisseau des Vallees *Ruisseau des Vaux Viets Fauna and Flaura The rocky and stoney bed with good water quality makes the Baize a good habitat for spawning Atlantic salmon and Sea trout, as well as River Trout and 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 .... References Rivers of Fran ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Normandy (administrative Region)
Normandy ( ; ; ) is the northwesternmost of the eighteen regions of France, roughly coextensive with the historical Duchy of Normandy. Normandy is divided into five administrative departments: Calvados, Eure, Manche, Orne and Seine-Maritime. It covers , comprising roughly 5% of the territory of metropolitan France. Its population of 3,322,757 accounts for around 5% of the population of France. The inhabitants of Normandy are known as Normans, and the region is the historic homeland of the Norman language. The neighboring regions are Hauts-de-France and Ile-de-France to the east, Centre-Val de Loire to the southeast, Pays de la Loire to the south, and Brittany to the southwest. Its prefecture and largest city is Rouen, although the regional council sits in Caen, making Normandy one of two regions in France (along with Bourgogne-Franche-Comté) in which the prefect does not sit in the same city as the regional council. Normandy's name comes from the settlement of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
