La Ferrière-Béchet Explained
| La Ferrière-Béchet |
| Commune Status: | Commune |
| Arrondissement: | Alençon |
| Canton: | Sées |
| Insee: | 61164 |
| Postal Code: | 61500 |
| Mayor: | Christel Persehaye[1] |
| Term: | 2022 - 2026 |
| Intercommunality: | Sources de l'Orne |
| Coordinates: | 48.5806°N 0.0725°W |
| Elevation M: | 300 |
| Elevation Min M: | 199 |
| Elevation Max M: | 390 |
| Area Km2: | 13.79 |
La Ferrière-Béchet (in French pronounced as /la fɛʁjɛʁ beʃɛ/) 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, Verdray, La Tourainnerie, Les Hayes, Les Hauts Champs and La Ferrière-Béchet.[2]
It is 1380ha in size. The highest point in the commune is 230m (760feet).
The commune is within the Normandie-Maine Regional Natural Park and Forêt d'Écouves.[3]
La Ferrière-Béchet 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.[4]
The Senneviere river, La Forêt stream and the Ponts Besnard stream are the three watercourses running through this area.
Notable buildings and places
- Tourbière des Petits Riaux is a nature reserve set within a Peat bog, that features carnivorous plants.[5] [6]
National heritage sites
- Markers of Forêt d'Écouves a set of 80 markers positioned in the 18th century that mark the boundaries of the forest, they were registered as a Monument historique in 1987.[7]
See also
Notes and References
- Web site: Répertoire national des élus: les maires. data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 16 December 2022. fr.
- Web site: La Ferrière-Béchet · 61500, France. La Ferrière-Béchet · 61500, France.
- Web site: MASSIF FORESTIER D'ECOUVES ET SES MARGES. ZNIEFF.
- Web site: INPN - FSD Natura 2000 - FR2500099 - Haute vallée de l'Orne et affluents - Description.
- Web site: La Tourbière des Petits Riaux LA LANDE-DE-GOULT : Normandy Tourism. Normandy Tourism, France.
- Web site: Tourbière de la Lande-de-Goult. 27 August 2014. Ouest-France.fr.
- Web site: 80 bornes de la forêt d'Ecouves (également sur communes de Le Bouillon, La Chapelle-près-Sées, La Ferrière-Béchet, Fontenai-les-Louvets, La Lande-de-Goult, Radon, Rouperroux, Saint-Didier-sous-Ecouves, Saint-Gervais-du-Perron, Tanville et Vingt-Hanap.... monumentum.fr.
