Lignères | |
Commune Status: | Commune |
Arrondissement: | Mortagne-au-Perche |
Canton: | Rai |
Insee: | 61225 |
Postal Code: | 61240 |
Mayor: | Daniel Cotrel-Lassaussaye[1] |
Term: | 2020 - 2026 |
Intercommunality: | Vallées d'Auge et du Merlerault |
Coordinates: | 48.7358°N 0.3111°W |
Elevation M: | 290 |
Elevation Min M: | 203 |
Elevation Max M: | 285 |
Area Km2: | 5.37 |
Demonym: | Lignérois, Lignéroises |
Lignères (pronounced as /fr/) is a commune in the Orne department in north-western France.
Lignères is located between L'Aigle and Argentan. The town can be accessed via exit number 16 of the A28 highway, followed by Departmental Road 932 and RD 232.
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 city is crossed by the Maure River, a tributary of the coastal river La Touques.