La Ventrouze Explained

La Ventrouze
Commune Status:	Commune
Arrondissement:	Mortagne-au-Perche
Canton:	Tourouvre au Perche
Insee:	61500
Postal Code:	61190
Mayor:	Évelyne Revet^[1]
Term:	2020 - 2026
Intercommunality:	Hauts du Perche
Coordinates:	48.6114°N 0.6972°W
Elevation M:	298
Elevation Min M:	239
Elevation Max M:	293
Area Km2:	7.06

La Ventrouze (pronounced as /fr/) is a commune in the Orne department in north-western France.

Geography

The Commune along with another 70 communes shares part of a 47,681 hectare, Natura 2000 conservation area, called the Forêts et étangs du Perche.^[2]

Points of interest

• Arboretum de l'Étoile des Andaines - Created in 1947 this arboretum features over 70 hardwood and Conifer trees.

National heritage sites

The Commune has two buildings and areas listed as a Monument historique.^[3]

• Chateau de la Ventrouze a sixteenth century chateau surrounded by a moat, it was registered as a monument in 1979.^[4]
• Sainte-Madeleine Church a fifteenth century church, registered as a Monument historique in 1981.^[5]

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. 2 December 2020. fr.
2. Web site: INPN - FSD Natura 2000 - FR2512004 - Forêts et étangs du Perche - Description.
3. Web site: Les Monuments Historiques en Orne - 61. monumentum.fr.
4. Web site: Château à La Ventrouze - PA00110963. monumentum.fr.
5. Web site: Eglise Sainte-Madeleine à La Ventrouze - PA00110964. monumentum.fr.