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La Ferrière-Béchet

Coordinates: 48°34′50″N 0°04′21″E / 48.5806°N 0.0725°E / 48.5806; 0.0725
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La Ferrière-Béchet
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La Ferrière-Béchet is located in France
La Ferrière-Béchet
La Ferrière-Béchet
La Ferrière-Béchet is located in Normandy
La Ferrière-Béchet
La Ferrière-Béchet
Coordinates: 48°34′50″N 0°04′21″E / 48.5806°N 0.0725°E / 48.5806; 0.0725
CountryFrance
RegionNormandy
DepartmentOrne
ArrondissementAlençon
CantonSées
IntercommunalitySources de l'Orne
Government
 • Mayor (2022–2026) Christel Persehaye[1]
Area
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13.79 km2 (5.32 sq mi)
Population
 (2021)[2]
244
 • Density18/km2 (46/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code
61164 /61500
Elevation199–390 m (653–1,280 ft)
(avg. 300 m or 980 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

La Ferrière-Béchet (French pronunciation: [la fɛʁjɛʁ beʃɛ]) is a commune in the Orne department in north-western France.

Geography

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The commune is made up of the following collection of villages and hamlets, Verdray, La Tourainnerie, Les Hayes, Les Hauts Champs and La Ferrière-Béchet.[3]

It is 1,380 hectares (5.3 sq mi) in size. The highest point in the commune is 230 metres (750 ft).

The commune is within the Normandie-Maine Regional Natural Park and Forêt d'Écouves.[4][5]

La Ferrière-Béchet along with another 70 communes is part of a 20,593 hectare, Natura 2000 conservation area, called the Haute vallée de l'Orne et affluents.[6]

The Senneviere river, La Forêt stream and the Ponts Besnard stream are the three watercourses running through this area.

Notable buildings and places

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  • Tourbière des Petits Riaux is a nature reserve set within a Peat bog, that features carnivorous plants.[7][8]

National heritage sites

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  • 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.[9]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 16 December 2022.
  2. ^ "Populations légales 2021" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
  3. ^ a b "La Ferrière-Béchet · 61500, France". La Ferrière-Béchet · 61500, France.
  4. ^ "rapport de charte" (PDF), parc-naturel-normandie-maine.fr/
  5. ^ "MASSIF FORESTIER D'ECOUVES ET SES MARGES" (PDF). ZNIEFF.
  6. ^ "INPN - FSD Natura 2000 - FR2500099 - Haute vallée de l'Orne et affluents - Description".
  7. ^ "La Tourbière des Petits Riaux LA LANDE-DE-GOULT : Normandy Tourism". Normandy Tourism, France.
  8. ^ "Tourbière de la Lande-de-Goult". Ouest-France.fr. 27 August 2014.
  9. ^ "80 bornes de la forêt d'Ecouves (également sur communes de Le Bouillon, La Chapelle-près-Sées, La Ferrière-Béchet, Fontenai-les-Louvets, La Lande-de-Goult, Radon, Rouperroux, Saint-Didier-sous-Ecouves, Saint-Gervais-du-Perron, Tanville et Vingt-Hanap..." monumentum.fr.