Ménil-Gondouin () is a commune in the

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 north-western

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Geography

The commune is made up of the following collection of villages and hamlets, La Coconière, La Haute Bruyèreand Ménil-Gondouin. The commune is part of area known as Suisse Normande. Menil-Gondouin only has one watercourse running through it, the Ruisseau de Vienne.

Notable buildings and places

The living and talking church of Ménil-Gondouin

Saint-Vigor du Ménil-Gondouin church is a nineteenth century church that has been covered in statues and dozens of inscriptions by a single person, the parish priest Victor Paysant (1841-1921). The church contains the head of a statue, of the Crowned Virgin, that is dating back to the 14th/15th Century and was listed 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 1984. File:Détail église-menil gondouin(orne).JPG, One of the statues of the Church File:22 mars 2009 016.jpg, Churches

Pulpit A pulpit is a raised stand for preachers in a Christian church. The origin of the word is the Latin ''pulpitum'' (platform or staging). The traditional pulpit is raised well above the surrounding floor for audibility and visibility, accesse ...

File:Victor Paysant.jpg, Victor Paysant

National heritage sites

The Commune has 2 other buildings and areas listed as a

*Domain of the Court a set of remains of an old 16th century Chateau that belonged to Antoine de Turgot, that was listed as a

in 1983. *Logis Saint-Honorine an 18th Century chateau with outbuildings dating back to the 15th century, listed as Monument Historique in 1975

References

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Geography

Notable buildings and places

The living and talking church of Ménil-Gondouin

National heritage sites

See also

References