Bassin de la Druance

The area is a mixture of shales, Brioverian sandstones then Ordovician sandstones, with which the wet meadows at the bottom of the valley, the wooded hillsides and woods at the summit all sit upon.^[1]

It is spread across 10 different communes all within the Orne department;^[1]

Some of this protected site is within the area known as Suisse Normande^[2]

The conservation area has five species listed in Annex 2 of the Habitats Directive;^[3]