Le Château-d'Almenêches | |
Commune Status: | Commune |
Arrondissement: | Alençon |
Canton: | Sées |
Insee: | 61101 |
Postal Code: | 61570 |
Mayor: | Serge Quellier[1] |
Term: | 2020 - 2026 |
Intercommunality: | Sources de l'Orne |
Coordinates: | 48.68°N 0.1231°W |
Elevation M: | 175 |
Elevation Min M: | 160 |
Elevation Max M: | 193 |
Area Km2: | 10.76 |
Le Château-d'Almenêches (in French pronounced as /lə ʃɑto dalmənɛːʃ/; literally 'The Château of Almenêches') is a commune in the Orne department in north-western France.
The commune of is made up of the following villages and hamlets, Les Planches, Ménil Gautier, Le Parc, La Chaise, Le Grand Chemin, La Huetterie, Maroger, L'Oliverie and Château-d'Almenêches.[2]
Le Château-d'Almenêches 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]
Le Château-d'Almenêches has a total of 8 water courses running through it, two rivers The Orne, and La Don. The other six watercourses are all streams, the Querpont, The Plessis, la Gironde, The Essards, The Fausse Rivière, & the Essarts.
Surdon station, located in the commune, is a railway junction with connections to Argentan, Caen, Paris, Le Mans and Granville.[4]