Almenêches
Commune in Normandy, France
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Almenêches (French pronunciation: [almənɛːʃ] ⓘ) is a commune in the Orne department in north-western France.[3]
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The church in Almenêches | |
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 Location of Almenêches | |
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| Coordinates: 48°41′54″N 0°06′39″E | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Normandy |
| Department | Orne |
| Arrondissement | Alençon |
| Canton | Sées |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2020–2026) | Paul Vinet[1] |
Area 1 | 20.27 km2 (7.83 sq mi) |
| Population (2023)[2] | 638 |
| • Density | 31.5/km2 (81.5/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 61002 /61570 |
| Elevation | 158–247 m (518–810 ft) (avg. 171 m or 561 ft) |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
Geography
The commune of is made up of the following villages and hamlets, Saint-Hippolyte, Almenêches, Fligny, La Gare, Le Mesnil, Les Champs Bouchers, Le Friche, Surônes and Les Essarts.[4]
The Commune is one of 27 communes that make up the Natura 2000 protected area of Bocages et vergers du sud Pays d'Auge.[5]
Almenêches along with another 65 communes is also part of a 20,593 hectare, Natura 2000 conservation area, the Haute vallée de l'Orne et affluents.[6]
Almenêches has a total of 15 water courses running through it, three rivers Orne, Dieuge and Don.[7] The other twelve watercourses are all streams;
- la Gironde
- Fausse Rivière
- Querpont
- L'Epinet
- Noës
- Essards
- Essards
- Essarts
- Rogneux
- Calvaire
- Joncerai
- Plessis
Places of interest
National heritage sites
Almenêches church a 16th century Church that was part of Almenêches Abbey and listed as a Monument historique in 1948.[8]
Population
Notable people
- Louis-Guillaume Perreaux (1816 -1889) an inventor who submitted one of the first patents for a working motorcycle in 1869, was born here.[11]
Heraldry
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The arms of Almenêches are blazoned : Azure, on a bend argent between an anchor and a mullet Or, 3 ermine spots (palewise) sable.
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