Rémalard en Perche
Commune in Normandy, France
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Rémalard en Perche (French pronunciation: [ʁemalaʁ ɑ̃ pɛʁʃ], literally Rémalard in Perche) 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 Bellou-sur-Huisne, Dorceau and Rémalard (the seat).[3]
Rémalard en Perche | |
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The chateau of Voré in Rémalard en Perche | |
 Location of Rémalard en Perche | |
  Rémalard en Perche Location within France  Rémalard en Perche Location within Normandy | |
| Coordinates: 48°25′44″N 0°46′30″E | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Normandy |
| Department | Orne |
| Arrondissement | Mortagne-au-Perche |
| Canton | Bretoncelles |
| Intercommunality | Cœur du Perche |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2020–2026) | Patrick Rodhain[1] |
Area 1 | 50.68 km2 (19.57 sq mi) |
| Population (2023)[2] | 1,866 |
| • Density | 36.82/km2 (95.36/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 61345 /61110 |
| 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 along with another 70 communes shares part of a 47,681 hectare, Natura 2000 conservation area, called the Forêts et étangs du Perche.[4]
Points of interest
- Boiscorde Arboretum is a 15-hectare arboretum featuring over 500 trees.[6][7]
- La Petite Rochelle is a 1 hectare botanical garden, open to the public which is classified as a classified as Jardins remarquables by the Ministry of Culture and the Comité des Parcs et Jardins de France.[8]
- Carrière de la Mansonnière is a Natura 2000 conservation site measuring 0.17 Hectares.[9] The site is a former quarry, used between the middle ages and early twentieth century which now hosts five varieties of bats, listed in Annex 2 of the Habitats Directive, which are the Lesser horseshoe bat, Western barbastelle, Geoffroy's bat, Bechstein's bat and the Greater mouse-eared bat.[10][11]
National heritage sites
The commune has 11 buildings and areas listed as a monument historique.
- Saint-Laurent Church, an eleventh-century church in Dorceau.[12]
- Château de Voré, an eighteenth-century chateau in Rémalard.[13]
- Manoir de Brigemont, a sixteenth-century manor house in Rémalard.[14]
- Le Chatellier Castle Motte, a strategic site for William the Conqueror in his conquest of the Lordship of Bellême in 1077.[15]
- Manoir des Touches, a sixteenth-century manor house in Dorceau.[16]
- Rémalard Church, a twelfth-century church.[17]
- Manoir de Vaujour, a sixteenth-century manor house in Rémalard.[18]
- Voré Tilery, a former tile factory in Rémalard, thought to date from 1828.[19]
- New Farm, a twentieth-century farm in Dorceau that was built to breed the Percheron horse.[20]
- Manoir de Boiscorde, a fifteenth-century manor house in Rémalard.[21]
- Motte castrale dite Le Château, a raised circular enclosure on what was built a shell keep. In 1077, this castle was under siege from William the Conqueror when his son, Robert Curthose locked himself up there.[22]
Architecture contemporaine remarquable
- L’Hermitage - is a hexaganol plan house built in 1949 by architect Gage André, in 2007 it was given the label of Architecture contemporaine remarquable.[23]
