Passais Villages
Commune in Normandy, France
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Passais Villages (French pronunciation: [pasɛ vilaʒ]) is a commune in the department of Orne, northwestern France. The municipality was established on 1 January 2016 by merger of the former communes of L'Épinay-le-Comte, Passais (the seat) and Saint-Siméon.[3]
Passais Villages | |
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The town hall in Passais | |
 Location of Passais Villages | |
  Passais Villages Location within France  Passais Villages Location within Normandy | |
| Coordinates: 48°31′05″N 0°45′25″W | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Normandy |
| Department | Orne |
| Arrondissement | Alençon |
| Canton | Bagnoles de l'Orne Normandie |
| Intercommunality | Andaine-Passais |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2020–2026) | Dominique Morel[1] |
Area 1 | 42.36 km2 (16.36 sq mi) |
| Population (2023)[2] | 1,160 |
| • Density | 27.4/km2 (70.9/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 61324 /61350 |
| 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, Passais, L'Épinay-le-Comte, Saint-Siméon, La Richardière and Beslay.[4]
The river Colmont flows through the commune.[5]
The commune is in the Normandie-Maine Regional Natural Park.[6]
Points of interest
- Combles de la chapelle de l'Oratoire de Passais is the attic of the l'Oratoire de Passais chapel, which is listed as a Natura 2000 conservation site.[7] The chapel roof contains a nest of Greater mouse-eared bats, which are listed in Annex 2 of the Habitats Directive.[8]
National heritage sites
The commune has four buildings and areas listed as a Monument historique.[9]
- Devil's Table Dolmen a Neolithic dolmen, it was registered as a monument in 1973.[10]
- L'Épinay-le-Comte Manor a twelfth-century manor house, registered as a Monument historique in 1940.[11]
- Manoir de la Guerinière a fifteenth-century manor house, registered as a Monument historique in 1975.[12]
- Menhir du Perron a Neolithic Menhir, registered as a Monument historique in 1926.[13]
Notable people
- Julien Alexandre Achard de Bonvouloir - (1749 – 1783) was a secret French envoy to the American colonies who was born here.[14]
