Fontaine-les-Bassets explained

Fontaine-les-Bassets
Commune Status:	Commune
Arrondissement:	Argentan
Canton:	Argentan-2
Insee:	61171
Postal Code:	61160
Mayor:	Patrice Verrier^[1]
Term:	2020 - 2026
Intercommunality:	Argentan Intercom
Coordinates:	48.8597°N 0.0058°W
Elevation M:	81
Elevation Min M:	67
Elevation Max M:	111
Area Km2:	5.88
Demonym:	Fontenois

Fontaine-les-Bassets (in French pronounced as /fɔ̃tɛn le basɛ/) is a commune in the Orne department in north-western France.

Geography

The commune has the River Dives running through it, as well as the Guerard stream.

Notable buildings and places

National heritage sites

The Commune has 2 buildings and areas listed as a Monument historique

• Château à Fontaine-les-Bassets an eighteenth Century Chateau registered as a Monument historique in 1984^[2]
• Dolmen dit Pierre-Levée a Neolithic dolmen registered as a monument historique in 1934^[3]

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. 13 September 2022. fr.
2. Web site: Château à Fontaine-les-Bassets - PA00110808. monumentum.fr.
3. Web site: Dolmen dit Pierre-Levée à Fontaine-les-Bassets - PA00110809. monumentum.fr.