Ménil-Gondouin Explained

Ménil-Gondouin
Commune Status:Commune
Arrondissement:Argentan
Canton:Athis-Val de Rouvre
Insee:61265
Postal Code:61210
Mayor:Pascal Bouquerel[1]
Term:2020 - 2026
Intercommunality:Val d'Orne
Coordinates:48.7553°N -0.2925°W
Elevation M:229
Elevation Min M:157
Elevation Max M:254
Area Km2:9.17

Ménil-Gondouin (in French pronounced as /menil ɡɔ̃dwɛ̃/) 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, La Coconière, La Haute Bruyèreand Ménil-Gondouin.[2]

The commune is part of area known as Suisse Normande.[3]

Menil-Gondouin only has one watercourse running through it, the Ruisseau de Vienne.

Notable buildings and places

The living and talking church of Ménil-Gondouin

Saint-Vigor du Ménil-Gondouin church is a nineteenth century church that has been covered in statues and dozens of inscriptions by a single person, the parish priest Victor Paysant (1841-1921).[4]

The church contains the head of a statue, of the Crowned Virgin, that is dating back to the 14th/15th Century and was listed as a Monument historique in 1984.[5]

National heritage sites

The Commune has 2 other buildings and areas listed as a Monument historique[3]

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Répertoire national des élus: les maires. data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 9 August 2021. fr.
  2. Web site: Ménil-Gondouin · 61210, France. Ménil-Gondouin · 61210, France.
  3. Web site: Map of Suisse Normande.
  4. Web site: Eglise de Ménil-Gondouin. www.office-tourisme-putanges.com.
  5. Web site: Statue (tête) : Vierge couronnée. www.pop.culture.gouv.fr.
  6. Web site: Domaine de la Cour à Ménil-Gondouin - PA00110852. monumentum.fr.
  7. Web site: Logis Saint-Honorine à Ménil-Gondouin - PA00110853. monumentum.fr.