Loisail Explained

Loisail
Commune Status:	Commune
Arrondissement:	Mortagne-au-Perche
Canton:	Mortagne-au-Perche
Insee:	61229
Postal Code:	61400
Mayor:	Jacques Langevin^[1]
Term:	2020 - 2026
Intercommunality:	Pays de Mortagne au Perche
Coordinates:	48.5019°N 0.5914°W
Elevation M:	165
Elevation Min M:	158
Elevation Max M:	211
Area Km2:	5.16

Loisail (in French pronounced as /lwazaj/) is a commune in the Orne department in north-western France.

Points of Interest

• Carrière de Loisail is a Natura 2000 conservation site measuring 0.17 Hectares.^[2] The site is the leading bat hibernation site in Normandy in terms of numbers with 1,300 counted.^[3] The bats live in the former limestone quarries from the 19th centaury, which then became mushroom farms in 1955 up until 1980, when the area was abandoned.^[4] The site now hosts six varieties of bats, listed in Annex 2 of the Habitats Directive, which are the Greater horseshoe bat, Lesser horseshoe bat, Western barbastelle, Geoffroy's bat, Bechstein's bat and the Greater mouse-eared bat.^[5]

National heritage sites

The Commune has three buildings and areas listed as a Monument historique.^[6]

• Saint-Martin Church a sixteenth century church that was registered as a monument in 1905.^[7]
• Romanesque house a twelfth century house, registered as a Monument historique in 1974.^[8]
• Loisail Manor a sixteenth century Manor house, registered as a Monument historique in 1992.^[9]

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 - Natura 2000 FSD - FR2502002 - Carrière de Loisail - Description.
3. Web site: CAVITE DE LOISAIL | Conservatoires d'espaces naturels de Normandie. cen-normandie.fr.
4. Web site: A shy furry creature lurks in the Lair of Losail in Normandy. Normandy Then and. Now. 5 May 2018.
5. Web site: carrière de Loisail . Ministère de l'écologie du développement durable et de l'énergie .
6. Web site: Les Monuments Historiques en Orne - 61. monumentum.fr.
7. Web site: Eglise Saint-Martin à Loisail - PA00110835. monumentum.fr.
8. Web site: Maison romane à Loisail - PA00110836. monumentum.fr.
9. Web site: Manoir de Loisail à Loisail - PA00110999. monumentum.fr.