La Genevraie | |
Commune Status: | Commune |
Arrondissement: | Mortagne-au-Perche |
Canton: | Rai |
Insee: | 61188 |
Postal Code: | 61240 |
Mayor: | Vincent Lelouvier[1] |
Term: | 2020 - 2026 |
Coordinates: | 48.6853°N 0.3189°W |
Elevation M: | 309 |
Elevation Min M: | 184 |
Elevation Max M: | 300 |
Area Km2: | 13.37 |
La Genevraie (in French pronounced as /la ʒənəvʁɛ/) is a commune in the Orne department in north-western France.
The Commune is one of 30 communes that make up the Natura 2000 protected area of Bocages et vergers du sud Pays d'Auge.[2] The site is 21,541 hectares in size and consists of a well-preserved wooded landscape that hosts three protected beetles, the European stag beetle, the great capricorn beetle and the Hermit Beetle.[3]
La Genevraie 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]