Bocages et vergers du sud Pays d'Auge
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| Bocages et vergers du sud Pays d'Auge | |
|---|---|
  Location within France | |
| Location | Orne, Normandy |
| Coordinates | 48°44′02″N 0°17′49″E / 48.73389°N 0.29694°E |
| Area | 21,511 ha (83.05 sq mi) |
| Established | 12 December, 2008 |
Bocages et vergers du sud Pays d'Auge translated as the Bocages and orchards of the southern Pays d'Auge is a Natura 2000 conservation area that is 21,511 hectares in size.[1]
The area is a well-preserved wooded landscape that features dense hedges which shelter old trees whose pollarding has allowed cavities to appear in these trees, suitable for certain types of insects.[2] The area is mostly agricultural with 5 % being scrubland and the remaining 5% being forested.[1]
It is spread across 27 different communes all within the Orne department;[1]
- Almenêches
- Champ-Haut
- Cisai-Saint-Aubin
- Coulmer
- Croisilles
- Échauffour
- La Ferrière-au-Doyen
- Gacé
- Ginai
- Gouffern en Auge
- Lignères
- Mahéru
- Merlerault-le-Pin
- Moulins-la-Marche
- Ménil-Froger
- Ménil-Hubert-en-Exmes
- Le Ménil-Vicomte
- Orgères
- Le Pin-au-Haras
- Planches
- Résenlieu
- Saint-Evroult-Notre-Dame-du-Bois
- Saint-Evroult-de-Montfort
- Saint-Germain-de-Clairefeuille
- Saint-Pierre-des-Loges
- Sainte-Gauburge-Sainte-Colombe
- La Trinité-des-Laitiers