Feings, Orne Explained

Feings
Commune Status:	Commune
Arrondissement:	Mortagne-au-Perche
Canton:	Mortagne-au-Perche
Insee:	61160
Postal Code:	61400
Mayor:	Lydia Bussy-Boiteux^[1]
Term:	2020 - 2026
Intercommunality:	Pays de Mortagne au Perche
Coordinates:	48.5467°N 0.6344°W
Elevation M:	200
Elevation Min M:	167
Elevation Max M:	261
Area Km2:	20.24

Feings (in French pronounced as /fɛ̃/) is a commune in the Orne department in north-western France.

Geography

Feings along with the communes of Tourouvre au Perche, Longny les Villages, Le Mage, Moutiers-au-Perche and Charencey is part of the Forets, etangs et tourbieres du Haut-Perche a Natura 2000 conservation site.^[2] The site measures 3670 hectares and is home to the following fourteen protected Flora and Fauna;^[3]

1. 1. Bullhead Brook lamprey
2. white-clawed crayfish
3. Jersey tiger
4. Marsh fritillary
5. European stag beetle
6. Northern crested newt
7. Lesser horseshoe bat
8. Greater horseshoe bat
9. Western barbastelle
10. Geoffroy's bat
11. Bechstein's bat
12. Greater mouse-eared bat
13. floating water-plantain.

Points of Interest

• La Tourbière de Commeauche is a nature reserve that features a preserved peat bog in a clearing in the Réno-Valdieu forest.^{[4] [5]}

National heritage sites

• Ancienne chartreuse du Val-Dieu is a former Charterhouse that was listed as a Monument historique in 1997.^[6]

See also

• Communes of the Orne department

Notes and References

1. Web site: Répertoire national des élus: les maires. data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 2 December 2020. fr.
2. Web site: INPN - FSD Natura 2000 - FR2500106 - Forets, etangs et tourbieres du Haut-Perche - Description.
3. Web site: Forêts, étangs et tourbières du Haut-Perche. Ministère de la Transition écologique.
4. Web site: La Tourbière de la Commeauche | Conseil départemental de l'Orne. www.orne.fr.
5. Web site: TOURBIERE DE COMMEAUCHE | Conservatoires d'espaces naturels de Normandie. cen-normandie.fr.
6. Web site: Ancienne chartreuse du Val-Dieu à Feings - PA61000004. monumentum.fr.