Saint-Martin-du-Vieux-Bellême
Appearance
Saint-Martin-du-Vieux-Bellême | |
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![]() The church in Saint-Martin-du-Vieux-Bellême | |
Coordinates: 48°22′56″N 0°32′37″E / 48.3822°N 0.5436°E | |
Country | France |
Region | Normandy |
Department | Orne |
Arrondissement | Mortagne-au-Perche |
Canton | Ceton |
Government | |
• Mayor (2020–2026) | Serge Cailly[1] |
Area 1 | 15.84 km2 (6.12 sq mi) |
Population (2021)[2] | 546 |
• Density | 34/km2 (89/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC 01:00 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC 02:00 (CEST) |
INSEE/Postal code | 61426 /61130 |
Elevation | 122–244 m (400–801 ft) (avg. 190 m or 620 ft) |
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. |
Saint-Martin-du-Vieux-Bellême (French pronunciation: [sɛ̃ maʁtɛ̃ dy vjø bɛlɛm] ) is a commune in the Orne department in north-western France.[3]
Geography
[edit]Saint-Martin-du-Vieux-Bellême along with the communes of Vaunoise, Belforêt-en-Perche, Igé and Appenai-sous-Bellême is part of the Bois et coteaux calcaires sous Belleme a Natura 2000 conservation site.[4] The site measures 105 hectares and is home to the European stag beetle and European ash.[5]
Points of interest
[edit]- La réserve des Houles-Blanches is a 6950 m2 is a local nature reserve, created in 1992 under the Natura 2000 scheme, and is part of the wider site of Bois et coteaux calcaires sous Belleme.[6][5] The reserve is home to variopus flora and fauna such as the Brown hairstreak, European tree frog and Hazel dormouse.[7]
National heritage sites
[edit]- *Château du Tertre a seventeenth Century chateau in Sérigny, that from 1926 was home to Nobel prize winning novelist Roger Martin du Gard.[8] The grounds and Estate are in this commune and neighbouring commune of Belforêt-en-Perche[9]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "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.
- ^ "Commune de Saint-Martin-du-Vieux-Bellême (61426) − COG | Insee". www.insee.fr.
- ^ "INPN - FSD Natura 2000 - FR2500109 - Bois et coteaux calcaires sous Belleme - Description".
- ^ a b "Bois et coteaux calcaires sous Bellême" (PDF). Ministère de la Transition écologique.
- ^ "Réserve des Houles-blanches".
- ^ "Les Houles Blanches - randonnée autour de belleme et la perriere". Le Perche en Normandie - Collines du Perche Normand : économie, tourisme, vie quotidienne.
- ^ "Château du Tertre (également sur commune de Saint-Martin-du-Vieux-Bellême) à Sérigny - PA00110951". monumentum.fr.
- ^ "Château du Tertre à Saint-Martin-du-Vieux-Bellême - PA61000009". monumentum.fr.
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