Le Ménil-Scelleur | |
Commune Status: | Commune |
Arrondissement: | Alençon |
Canton: | Magny-le-Désert |
Insee: | 61271 |
Postal Code: | 61320 |
Mayor: | Dominique Ripaux[1] |
Term: | 2020 - 2026 |
Intercommunality: | Pays fertois et Bocage carrougien |
Coordinates: | 48.6111°N -0.1192°W |
Elevation M: | 235 |
Elevation Min M: | 194 |
Elevation Max M: | 289 |
Area Km2: | 5.37 |
Le Ménil-Scelleur (in French pronounced as /lə menil sɛlœʁ/) is a commune in the Orne department in north-western France.
The commune is made up of the following collection of villages and hamlets, Danny and Le Ménil-Scelleur.[2]
It is 540ha in size. The highest point in the commune is 241m (791feet).
The commune is within the Normandie-Maine Regional Natural Park and Forêt d'Écouves.[3]
Le Ménil-Scelleur 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]
Three streams, the Gue de la Heze, the Moulin de Besnard and the Coupigny are the three watercourses that flow through this commune.