Faverolles | |
Commune Status: | Commune |
Arrondissement: | Argentan |
Canton: | Athis-Val de Rouvre |
Insee: | 61158 |
Postal Code: | 61600 |
Mayor: | Annette Martin[1] |
Term: | 2020 - 2026 |
Intercommunality: | Val d'Orne |
Coordinates: | 48.6686°N -0.2964°W |
Elevation M: | 209 |
Elevation Min M: | 206 |
Elevation Max M: | 267 |
Area Km2: | 10.57 |
Faverolles (in French pronounced as /favʁɔl/) is a commune in the Orne department in north-western France.
The commune is made up of the following collection of villages and hamlets, La Fromagère, Essay,La Chênellière, Le Gué de Rouvre, La Corderie,La Chappronnière, La Hourdouillère, Trousse-Gerbe, and Faverolles.[2]
Faverolles along with another 70 communes is part of a 20,593 hectare, Natura 2000 conservation area, called the Haute vallée de l'Orne et affluents.[3]
There are seven watercourses that run through the commune, 3 rivers Rouvre, Maire and the Rouvrette. The other watercourses are 4 streams, the Fief Benoit, Gué d'Arnettes, Moulinet & Besier.