Ménil-Hubert-en-Exmes
Ménil-Hubert-en-Exmes | |
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 The chateau in Ménil-Hubert-en-Exmes | |
Location of Ménil-Hubert-en-Exmes  | |
  Ménil-Hubert-en-Exmes  Ménil-Hubert-en-Exmes | |
| Coordinates: 48°48′51″N 0°13′34″E / 48.8142°N 0.2261°E | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Normandy |
| Department | Orne |
| Arrondissement | Mortagne-au-Perche |
| Canton | Vimoutiers |
| Intercommunality | Vallées d'Auge et du Merlerault |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2020–2026) | Émile Lampérière[1] |
| Area 1 | 10.34 km2 (3.99 sq mi) |
| Population (2021)[2] | 114 |
| • Density | 11/km2 (29/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 61268 /61230 |
| Elevation | 169–296 m (554–971 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. | |
Ménil-Hubert-en-Exmes (French pronunciation: [menil ybɛʁ ɑ̃.n‿ɛm]) is a commune in the Orne department in northwestern France.
Geography
[edit]The commune is made up of the following collection of villages and hamlets, La Bergerie, La Farinière and Ménil-Hubert-en-Exmes.[3]
The Commune is one of 30 communes that make up the Natura 2000 protected area of Bocages et vergers du sud Pays d'Auge.[4] The site is 21,541 hectares in size and consists of a well-preserved wooded landscape that hosts three protected beetles, the European stag beetle, the great capricorn beetle and the Hermit Beetle.[5]
The commune has one river, the Vie and a single stream, the Douy running through its borders.
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Notable buildings and places
[edit]National heritage sites
[edit]Chateau Menil-Hubert-en-Exmes an 18th century chateau that was classified as a Monument historique in 2010.[6] The artist Edgar Degas was invited to stay at the Chateau in 1859 and had a workshop built for him to work in.[7]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 2 December 2020.
- ^ "Populations légales 2021" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
- ^ a b "Ménil-Hubert-en-Exmes · France". Ménil-Hubert-en-Exmes · France.
- ^ "INPN - FSD Natura 2000 - FR2502014 - Bocages et vergers du sud Pays d'Auge - Description".
- ^ Normandie, Chambres d'agriculture de (11 June 2024). "Natura 2000". normandie.chambres-agriculture.fr.
- ^ "Domaine du château à Ménil-Hubert-en-Exmes - PA61000059". monumentum.fr.
- ^ "Le château en vente pour 7 millions d'euros". Ouest-France.fr. 23 February 2013.
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