Joué-du-Bois | |
Commune Status: | Commune |
Image Coat Of Arms: | Blason ville fr Joué du Bois 61.svg |
Arrondissement: | Alençon |
Canton: | Magny-le-Désert |
Insee: | 61209 |
Postal Code: | 61320 |
Mayor: | Pierre Correyeur[1] |
Term: | 2020 - 2026 |
Intercommunality: | Pays fertois et Bocage carrougien |
Coordinates: | 48.5825°N -0.2308°W |
Elevation Min M: | 213 |
Elevation Max M: | 344 |
Area Km2: | 21.08 |
Demonym: | Gaudiacéens |
Joué-du-Bois (in French pronounced as /ʒwe dy bwa/) 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 Raitière, Le Hamel, La Retourdière, La Brousse, Le Theil, La Vallée, La Fontenelle and Joué-du-Bois.[2]
It is 2110ha in size. The highest point in the commune is 304m (997feet).
The commune is within the Normandie-Maine Regional Natural Park.
Joué-du-Bois 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]
The commune has one river, The Gourbe flowing through it, plus two streams, The Noes Morins and the Bois Tesselin.
The Commune has four buildings and areas listed as a Monument historique.