Bellême
Bellême () is a commune in the Orne department in northwestern France. It is classed as a Petites Cités de Caractère. The musicologist Guillaume André Villoteau (1759–1839) was born in Bellême, as was Aristide Boucicaut (1810–1877), ...
Orne
Orne (; or ) is a département in the northwest of France, named after the river Orne. It had a population of 279,942 in 2019.department in northwestern
France
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Geography
Appenai-sous-Bellême along with the communes of Vaunoise,
Saint-Martin-du-Vieux-Bellême
Saint-Martin-du-Vieux-Bellême () is a commune in the Orne department in north-western France.
Geography
Saint-Martin-du-Vieux-Bellême along with the communes of Vaunoise, Belforêt-en-Perche, Igé and Appenai-sous-Bellême is part of th ...
Belforêt-en-Perche
Belforêt-en-Perche (, literally ''Belforêt in Perche'') is a Communes of France, commune in the Departments of France, department of Orne, northwestern France. The municipality was established on 1 January 2017 by merger of the former communes o ...
is part of the
Bois et coteaux calcaires sous Belleme Bois et coteaux calcaires sous Belleme translated as the limestone woods and hillsides under Belleme is a Natura 2000 conservation area that is 105 hectares in size.
Geography
The area is based on Oxfordian limestone formations that create dry to ...
a
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, respectiv ...
conservation site. The site measures 105 hectares and is home to the European stag beetle and
European ash
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Population
Points of Interest
National heritage sites
*Château des Feugerets is a 16th century Chateau, declared as a
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 collection of buildings, ...
in 2001. The Chateau grounds are shared with the neighbouring commune of La Chapelle-Souëf
See also
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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):