Champsecret Explained

Champsecret
Commune Status:	Commune
Arrondissement:	Argentan
Canton:	Domfront en Poiraie
Insee:	61091
Postal Code:	61700
Mayor:	Julien Corbière^[1]
Term:	2020 - 2026
Intercommunality:	Domfront Tinchebray Interco
Coordinates:	48.61°N -0.5494°W
Elevation M:	300
Elevation Min M:	140
Elevation Max M:	313
Area Km2:	44.68

Champsecret (pronounced as /fr/) 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, La Chesnaie, Les Fourchets, La Botellerie, Le Hamel, Le Tertre, Pont de Pierre, La Noé, La Basse Verrerie, L'Ermitage and Champsecret.^[2]

It is 4470ha in size. The highest point in the commune is 215m (705feet).

The commune is within the Normandie-Maine Regional Natural Park. Champsecret along with the communes of Perrou, Les Monts d'Andaine, Juvigny Val d'Andaine, Dompierre and Domfront en Poiraie is part of the Bassin de l'Andainette a Natura 2000 conservation site.^[3] The site measures 617 hectares and is home to creatures such as the Bullhead, Brook lamprey and white-clawed crayfish.^[4]

The Andainette and the Varenne are the two rivers, running through this commune.

Points of interest

• Arboretum de l'Étoile des Andaines - Created in 1947 this arboretum features over 70 hardwood and Conifer trees.

National heritage sites

The Commune has four buildings and areas listed as a Monument historique.^[5]

• Forges de Varennes the site features a blast furnace built in 1767, a refinery and a splitting mill, it was registered as a monument in 1987.^[6]
• Champsecret Church a seventeenth century church, registered as a Monument historique in 1984.^[7]
• Cross of the old cemetery a sixteenth century hexagonal granite cross, registered as a Monument historique in 1938.^[8]
• Old manor a fourteenth century manor, registered as a Monument historique in 1926.^[9]

Notable People

• Auguste-François Maunoury - (1811–1898) was a Catholic Hellenist and exegete, who was born here.^[10]
• Louis Corbière - (1850 - 1941) a French botanist and mycologist was born here.^[11]
• Charles Lucien Léandre - (1862–1934) was a French caricaturist and painter, who was born here, and later buried here.^{[12] [13]}

See also

• Communes of the Orne department
• Parc naturel régional Normandie-Maine

Notes and References

1. Web site: Répertoire national des élus: les maires. data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 9 August 2021. fr.
2. Web site: Champsecret · 61700, France. Champsecret · 61700, France.
3. Web site: INPN - FSD Natura 2000 - FR2500119 - Bassin de l'Andainette - Description.
4. Web site: Bassin de l’Andainette. Ministère de la Transition écologique.
5. Web site: Les Monuments Historiques en Orne - 61. monumentum.fr.
6. Web site: Forges de Varennes à Champsecret - PA00110771. monumentum.fr.
7. Web site: Eglise à Champsecret - PA00110770. monumentum.fr.
8. Web site: Croix de l'ancien cimetière à Champsecret - PA00110769. monumentum.fr.
9. Web site: Vieux manoir à Champsecret - PA00110772. monumentum.fr.
10. Web site: Champsecret. La promotion de la ville se fait en peinture. alencon.maville.com.
11. Web site: CTHS - CORBIÈRE Francois Marie Louis. cths.fr.
12. Web site: Charles Lucien Léandré | Smithsonian American Art Museum. americanart.si.edu.
13. Web site: 61 - PATRIMOINE FUNERAIRE DE L'ORNE : Etat des lieux - Cimetières de France et d'ailleurs. www.landrucimetieres.fr.