Les Monts d'Andaine

Commune in Normandy, France

Location of Les Monts d'Andaine

(2020–2026) Stéphan Gravelat^[1]Area

38.08 km² (14.70 sq mi)Population

(2021)^[2]

1,735 • Density46/km² (120/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)INSEE/Postal code

61463 /61600

¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Les Monts d'Andaine (French pronunciation: [le mɔ̃ dɑ̃dɛn]) 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 Saint-Maurice-du-Désert and La Sauvagère (the seat).^[3]

Geography

The commune is made up of the following collection of villages and hamlets, La Serrière, L'Hermangère, Le Domaine, Le Mont Oiselet, La Bêlère, Les Landes and Les Monts-d'Andaine.^[4]

It is 3,810 hectares (14.7 sq mi) in size. The highest point in the commune is 256 metres (840 ft).

The commune is within the Normandie-Maine Regional Natural Park.^[5] Les Monts d'Andaine along with the communes of Perrou, Juvigny Val d'Andaine, Domfront en Poiraie, Dompierre and Champsecret is part of the BASSIN DE L'ANDAINETTE a Natura 2000 conservation site.^[6] The site measures 617 hectares and is home to the Bullhead, Brook lamprey and white-clawed crayfish.^[7]

The commune has five watercourses flowing through its borders, la Vee river, The Andainette river, the Rouvrette river, la Petitiere stream and The Laurenciere stream.

Neighbouring communes^[4]

La Coulonche

Le Ménil-de-Briouze

Lonlay-le-Tesson & Beauvain

Champsecret

Les Monts d'Andaine

La Ferté-Macé

Bagnoles de l'Orne Normandie & Juvigny-Val-d'Andaine

Notable buildings and places

National heritage sites

The Commune has two buildings and areas listed as a Monument historique.^[8]

Allée couverte de la Bertinière is a Neolithic covered walkway, listed as a monument in 1967.^[9]
Monts d’Andaine Manor is a 17th century manor house listed as a monument in 1981.^[10]

Notable People

Jean-Pierre Brisset (1837 – 1919) a French outsider writer, was born in La Sauvagère.^[11]
Catherine Coutelle (born 1945) was a member of the National Assembly of France and was born in La Sauvagère. ^[12]
Maurice de Germiny (born1939) was the bishop of Blois from 1997 to 2014 and was born in Saint-Maurice-du-Désert.^[13]

References

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Les Monts d'Andaine.

^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 13 September 2022.
^ "Populations légales 2021" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
^ Arrêté préfectoral 29 September 2015 (in French)
^ ^a ^b "Les Monts-d'Andaine · 61600, France". Les Monts-d'Andaine · 61600, France.
^ "rapport de charte" (PDF), parc-naturel-normandie-maine.fr/
^ "INPN - FSD Natura 2000 - FR2500119 - Bassin de l'Andainette - Description".
^ "Bassin de l'Andainette" (PDF). Ministère de la Transition écologique.
^ "Les Monuments Historiques en Orne - 61". monumentum.fr.
^ "Allée couverte de la Bertinière aux Monts d'Andaine - PA00110941". monumentum.fr.
^ "Manoir aux Monts d'Andaine - PA00110931". monumentum.fr.
^ "Jean-Pierre Brisset – Encyclopédie Sambuc". www.sambuc-editeur.fr.
^ nationale, Assemblée. "Mme Catherine Coutelle - Mandat clos - Vienne (2e circonscription)". Assemblée nationale.
^ "Bishop Maurice Le Bègue de Germiny [Catholic-Hierarchy]". www.catholic-hierarchy.org.