Cerisy-Belle-Étoile
Commune in Normandy, France
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Cerisy-Belle-Étoile is a commune in the Orne department in north-western France.
Cerisy-Belle-Étoile | |
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The ruins of the chateau in Cerisy | |
 Location of Cerisy-Belle-Étoile | |
  Cerisy-Belle-Étoile Location within France  Cerisy-Belle-Étoile Location within Normandy | |
| Coordinates: 48°47′54″N 0°37′31″W | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Normandy |
| Department | Orne |
| Arrondissement | Argentan |
| Canton | Flers-1 |
| Intercommunality | CA Flers Agglo |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2020–2026) | Hervé Borderie[1] |
Area 1 | 13.40 km2 (5.17 sq mi) |
| Population (2023)[2] | 693 |
| • Density | 51.7/km2 (134/sq mi) |
| Demonym | Ceriséens ou Estoliens |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 61078 /61100 |
| Elevation | 102–256 m (335–840 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 is part of the area known as Suisse Normande.[3]
The commune is made up of the following collection of villages and hamlets: La Monnerie, La Perrière, La Morlandière, La Vallerie, La Jehannière, Les Haies, Les Loges, La Gaumonnière, L'Abbaye de Belle Étoile, La Hagrie, Épivent, Visance and Cerisy-Belle-Étoile.[4]
The commune is traversed by the Noireau and Visance rivers, as well as the Fontaines stream.
Points of Interest
- The communal forest of Cerisy-Belle-Etoile is a 90 hectare forest open to the public.[5]
National heritage sites
- The former Abbey of Belle-Etoile is a thirteenth century former abbey established after the conquest of Normandy by Philip II of France. It was made a Monument historique in 1926.[6]
Noireau River in Cerisy-Belle-Étoile
Le Bourg in Cerisy-Belle-Etoile
Abbaye de Belle-Étoile
Culture
- Les Bichoiseries is an annual Contemporary music festival each June that occurs on Mount Cerisy.[7] It attracts about 6,600 visitors per year.[8] The festival has been going since 2005, originally hosted in La Chapelle-Biche before moving to Cerisy-Belle-Étoile in 2013.[9]
People linked with the commune
- Étienne de Veniard, Sieur de Bourgmont (1679 – 1734), a French explorer who documented his travels across North America was born here, and later buried here.[10][11]
