Guerquesalles Explained

Guerquesalles
Commune Status:	Commune
Arrondissement:	Mortagne-au-Perche
Canton:	Vimoutiers
Insee:	61198
Postal Code:	61120
Mayor:	Agnès Laigre^[1]
Term:	2020 - 2026
Intercommunality:	Vallées d'Auge et du Merlerault
Coordinates:	48.9072°N 0.2081°W
Elevation M:	180
Elevation Min M:	104
Elevation Max M:	229
Area Km2:	8.66

Guerquesalles (in French pronounced as /ɡɛʁkəsal/) 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, Malvoue and Guerquesalles.^[2]

The commune has two rivers running through it the Vie & the Viette in addition to four streams, the Fontaine de la Motte, the Fontaine de la Roche, the Moulin Neuf, plus the Valame.

Notable buildings and places

• • Coteau du Champ-du-Noyer is a 1.36 hectare site is a protected area created in 2019 as part of the Natura 2000 initiative.^[3]

National heritage sites

• Cocardière Manor is a 16th century manor house, classified as a Monument historique in 1929.^[4]

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: Google Maps. Google Maps.
3. Web site: Autres sites naturels.
4. Web site: Manoir de la Cocardière à Guerquesalles - PA00110816. monumentum.fr.