Ménil-Gondouin
Commune in Normandy, France
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Ménil-Gondouin (French pronunciation: [menil ɡɔ̃dwɛ̃] ⓘ) is a commune in the Orne department in north-western France.
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Ménil-Gondouin | |
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The church in Ménil-Gondouin | |
 Location of Ménil-Gondouin | |
  Ménil-Gondouin Location within France  Ménil-Gondouin Location within Normandy | |
| Coordinates: 48°45′19″N 0°17′33″W | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Normandy |
| Department | Orne |
| Arrondissement | Argentan |
| Canton | Athis-Val de Rouvre |
| Intercommunality | Val d'Orne |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2020–2026) | Pascal Bouquerel[1] |
Area 1 | 9.17 km2 (3.54 sq mi) |
| Population (2023)[2] | 156 |
| • Density | 17.0/km2 (44.1/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 61265 /61210 |
| Elevation | 157–254 m (515–833 ft) (avg. 229 m or 751 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, La Coconière, La Haute Bruyèreand Ménil-Gondouin.[3]
The commune is part of area known as Suisse Normande.[4]
Menil-Gondouin only has one watercourse running through it, the Ruisseau de Vienne.
Notable buildings and places
The living and talking church of Ménil-Gondouin
Saint-Vigor du Ménil-Gondouin church is a nineteenth century church that has been covered in statues and dozens of inscriptions by a single person, the parish priest Victor Paysant (1841-1921).[5]
The church contains the head of a statue, of the Crowned Virgin, that is dating back to the 14th/15th Century and was listed as a Monument historique in 1984.[6]
One of the statues of the Church
Churches Pulpit
Victor Paysant
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National heritage sites
The Commune has 2 other buildings and areas listed as a Monument historique[4]
- Domain of the Court a set of remains of an old 16th century Chateau that belonged to Antoine de Turgot, that was listed as a Monument historique in 1983.[7]
- Logis Saint-Honorine an 18th Century chateau with outbuildings dating back to the 15th century, listed as Monument Historique in 1975[8]
