Le Grais Explained

Le Grais
Commune Status:	Commune
Arrondissement:	Argentan
Canton:	Athis-Val de Rouvre
Insee:	61195
Postal Code:	61600
Mayor:	Bruno Auvray^[1]
Term:	2020 - 2026
Intercommunality:	CA Flers Agglo
Coordinates:	48.6397°N -0.3278°W
Elevation M:	225
Elevation Min M:	209
Elevation Max M:	297
Area Km2:	12.21

Le Grais (in French pronounced as /lə ɡʁɛ/) 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, Le Val Benoît,Le Château and Le Grais.^[2]

It is 1220ha in size. The highest point in the commune is 239m (784feet).

There are a total of six watercourses that traverse through the commune, two rivers The Rouvre and The Rouvrette. The other water courses are all streams, The Arthan, The Beaudouit, The Moulinet and La Petitiere.

Notable buildings and places

National heritage sites

• Logis de la Petitière a 15th Century Manor house, built by the English during the Hundred Years' War, it was registered as a Monument historique in 1975.^[3]

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: Le Grais · 61600, France. Le Grais · 61600, France.
3. Web site: Logis de la Petitière au Grais - PA00110815. monumentum.fr.