Le Grais

Commune in Normandy, France

(2020–2026) Bruno Auvray^[1]Area12.21 km² (4.71 sq mi)Population201 • Density16/km² (43/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)INSEE/Postal codeElevation209–297 m (686–974 ft)
(avg. 225 m or 738 ft)¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Le Grais (French pronunciation: [lə ɡʁɛ] ^ⓘ) is a commune in the Orne department in north-western France.

Geography

The commune is made up of the following collection of villages and hamlets, Le Val Benoît,Le Château and Le Grais.^[3]

It is 1,220 hectares (4.7 sq mi) in size. The highest point in the commune is 239 metres (784 ft).

There are a total of six watercourses that traverse through the commune, two rivers The Rouvre and The Rouvrette. The other water courses are all streams, The Arthan, The Beaudouit, The Moulinet and La Petitiere.

Notable buildings and places

National heritage sites

• Logis de la Petitière a 15th Century Manor house, built by the English during the Hundred Years' War, it was registered as a Monument historique in 1975.^[4]

See also

• Communes of the Orne department

References