Longny les Villages explained

Longny les Villages
Commune Status:	Commune
Arrondissement:	Mortagne-au-Perche
Canton:	Tourouvre au Perche
Insee:	61230
Postal Code:	61290
Intercommunality:	Hauts du Perche
Coordinates:	48.531°N 0.752°W
Area Km2:	151.76

Longny les Villages (in French pronounced as /lɔ̃ɲi le vilaʒ/, literally Longny the Villages) is a commune in the department of Orne, northwestern France. The municipality was established on 1 January 2016 by merger of the former communes of La Lande-sur-Eure, Longny-au-Perche (the seat), Malétable, Marchainville, Monceaux-au-Perche, Moulicent, Neuilly-sur-Eure and Saint-Victor-de-Réno.^[1] Its seat, Longny-au-Perche, is classed as a Petites Cités de Caractère.^[2]

Geography

Longny les Villages along with the communes of Feings, Tourouvre au Perche, Le Mage, Moutiers-au-Perche and Charencey is part of the Forets, etangs et tourbieres du Haut-Perche a Natura 2000 conservation site.^[3] The site measures 3670 hectares and is home to the following fourteen protected Flora and Fauna;^[4]

1. 1. Bullhead Brook lamprey
2. white-clawed crayfish
3. Jersey tiger
4. Marsh fritillary
5. European stag beetle
6. Northern crested newt
7. Lesser horseshoe bat
8. Greater horseshoe bat
9. Western barbastelle
10. Geoffroy's bat
11. Bechstein's bat
12. Greater mouse-eared bat
13. floating water-plantain.

Notable buildings and places

• Le coteau de la Bandonnière is a 5ha nature reserve on a limestone hillside of the Robioche valley, that is open to the public via footpath all year round.^{[5] [6]}

National heritage sites

The Commune has six buildings and areas listed as a Monument historique.

• Pontgirard Manor is a 17th Century Manor in Monceaux-au-Perche with extensive gardens that was classed as a Monument historique in 1972.^[7] The two Hectare Garden is open to the public and part of its display features over 30 types of euphorbia.^[8]
• Priory of the Madeleine of Reno is a 13th Century priory in Saint-Victor-de-Réno that was classed as a Monument historique in 1983.^[9]
• Castle Fort is the remains of a 13th Century castle in Marchainville that was classed as a Monument historique in 1978.^[10] The castle was taken in 1364 by Charles the Bad, until Philip the Bold seized it and made himself master of it. The ^[11]
• Saint-Martin church is a 15th Century church in Longny-au-Perche that was classed as a Monument historique in 1909.^[12]
• Notre-Dame-de-Pitié chapel is a 16th Century chapel in Longny-au-Perche that was classed as a Monument historique in 1909.^[13]
• Malétable church is a church built in 1865 in honor of Our Lady of La Salette and was classed as a Monument historique in 1991.^[14]

See also

• Communes of the Orne department

Notes and References

1. https://www.legifrance.gouv.fr/eli/arrete/2015/12/16/INTB1600628A/jo/texte Arrêté préfectoral
2. Web site: Longny-au-Perche | Petites cités de caractère. www.petitescitesdecaractere.com.
3. Web site: INPN - FSD Natura 2000 - FR2500106 - Forets, etangs et tourbieres du Haut-Perche - Description.
4. Web site: Forêts, étangs et tourbières du Haut-Perche. Ministère de la Transition écologique.
5. Web site: COTEAU DE LA BANDONNIERE | Conservatoires d'espaces naturels de Normandie. cen-normandie.fr.
6. Web site: Espaces Naturels Sensibles de l’Orne. cen-normandie.fr.
7. Web site: Manoir de Pontgirard. www.pop.culture.gouv.fr.
8. Web site: JARDINS DU MANOIR DU PONTGIRARD - Comité des Parcs et Jardins de France. www.parcsetjardins.fr.
9. Web site: Prieuré de la Madeleine de Reno à Longny les Villages - PA00110939. monumentum.fr.
10. Web site: Château fort à Longny les Villages - PA00110846. monumentum.fr.
11. Web site: Château fort. www.pop.culture.gouv.fr.
12. Web site: Eglise Saint-Martin à Longny les Villages - PA00110838. monumentum.fr.
13. Web site: Chapelle Notre-Dame-de-Pitié à Longny les Villages - PA00110837. monumentum.fr.
14. Web site: Eglise. www.pop.culture.gouv.fr.