Almenêches


Almenêches is a commune in the Orne department in north-western France.

Geography

The commune of is made up of the following villages and hamlets, Saint-Hippolyte, Almenêches, Fligny, La Gare, Le Mesnil, Les Champs Bouchers, Le Friche, Surônes and Les Essarts.
The Commune is one of 27 communes that make up the Natura 2000 protected area of Bocages et vergers du sud Pays d'Auge.
Almenêches along with another 65 communes is also part of a 20,593 hectare, Natura 2000 conservation area, the Haute vallée de l'Orne et affluents.
Almenêches has a total of 15 water courses running through it, three rivers The Orne, la Dieuge and The Don.
The other twelve watercourses are all streams;
  1. la Gironde
  2. Fausse Rivière
  3. Querpont
  4. L'Epinet
  5. Noës
  6. Essards
  7. Essards
  8. Essarts
  9. Rogneux
  10. Calvaire
  11. Joncerai
  12. Plessis

Places of interest

National heritage sites

Almenêches church a 16th century Church that was part of Almenêches Abbey and listed as a Monument historique in 1948.

Population

The inhabitants are known as Almenéchois in French.

Notable people