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Alpes Mancelles

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Alpes Mancelles is a Natura 2000 conservation area that is 1,190 hectares in size.^[1]

The area has numerous rock outcrops, cliffs and Scree while the bottom of the valley has Riparian forests and wet meadows.^[2]

It is spread across 5 different communes all within three departments the Orne, Sarthe and Mayenne;^[1]

Gesvres
Moulins-le-Carbonnel
Saint-Céneri-le-Gérei
Saint-Léonard-des-Bois
Saint-Pierre-des-Nids

This protected site is within the Normandie-Maine Regional Natural Park.^[3]

Conservation

The conservation area has seven species listed in Annex 2 of the Habitats Directive;^[4]

European bullhead
Cottus perifretum
Brook lamprey
European bitterling
White-clawed crayfish
European stag beetle
Orange-spotted emerald

In addition the Natura 2000 site has twenty habitats protected under the Habitats Directive.^[4]

References

1 2 "INPN - FSD Natura 2000 - FR5200646 - Alpes Mancelles - Description".
↑ "Site Natura 2000 «Alpes Mancelles»" (PDF). CRPF Pays de la Loire.
↑ "Natura 2000 - Parc Naturel Régional Normandie-Maine". www.parc-naturel-normandie-maine.fr.
1 2 "EUNIS -Site factsheet for Alpes Mancelles". eunis.eea.europa.eu.

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