La Chapelle-près-Sées
Commune in Normandy, France
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La Chapelle-près-Sées (French pronunciation: [la ʃapɛl pʁɛ se] ⓘ, literally La Chapelle near Sées) is a commune in the Orne department in north-western France.
La Chapelle-près-Sées | |
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The church in La Chapelle-près-Sées | |
 Location of La Chapelle-près-Sées | |
  La Chapelle-près-Sées Location within France  La Chapelle-près-Sées Location within Normandy | |
| Coordinates: 48°34′17″N 0°09′45″E | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Normandy |
| Department | Orne |
| Arrondissement | Alençon |
| Canton | Sées |
| Intercommunality | Sources de l'Orne |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2024–2026) | Jean-Michel Cuisinier[1] |
Area 1 | 9.95 km2 (3.84 sq mi) |
| Population (2023)[2] | 492 |
| • Density | 49.4/km2 (128/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 61098 /61500 |
| Elevation | 168–260 m (551–853 ft) (avg. 200 m or 660 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 made up of the following collection of villages and hamlets, Le Clos Roulin, Beauvais and La Chapelle-près-Sées.[3]
The commune is within the Normandie-Maine Regional Natural Park and Forêt d'Écouves.[4][5]
La Chapelle-près-Sées along with another 65 communes is part of a 20,593 hectare, Natura 2000 conservation area, called the Haute vallée de l'Orne et affluents.[6]
Ruisseau de la Lavandiere is the sole watercourse that flows through the commune.[7]
Points of Interest
National heritage sites
- Markers of Forêt d'Écouves a set of 80 markers positioned in the 18th century that mark the boundaries of the forest, they were registered as a Monument historique in 1987.[8]
